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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
fuckmonosexismforever:


30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
fuckmonosexismforever:


30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.
fuckmonosexismforever:


30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson



Banned books tend to be good books, guys.  Like, look at this list.  I can see soo many of my favorites here.

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30th Annual Banned Books Week | September 30th - October 6th, 2012
      “Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”
                                                         - Lyndon B. Johnson

Banned books tend to be good books, guys. Like, look at this list. I can see soo many of my favorites here.

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Banned Books Week

Celebrating the Freedom to Read: 30 September - 6 October 2012

Banned Books Week is the book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, book stores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982.

The 10 most challenged titles of 2011 were:

ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle 
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language; racism

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Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
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Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
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Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
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Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 
bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal PressBisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, RoutledgeThe Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona PressSurviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey
Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & SchusterThe Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and PhotographyTriptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon PressThe Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 

bimagazine:

Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:
Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal Press
Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, Routledge
The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)
Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona Press
Surviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven Rey

Best 2011 Bisexual Fiction:
Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster
The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)
Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
Triptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon Press
The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books 

bisexual-community:

BISEXUAL BOOKS: The Horizontal Poet is A 2012 Lambda Literary Award Finalist from well known bisexual author Jan Steckel (author of The Underwater Hospital & other works). Steckel is a Gertrude Press Fiction Chapbook Award (2008 Mixing Tracks) and a Rainbow Award (2009 The Underwater Hospital).

Says David J. Linden in the Compass Blog, “Run, don’t walk, over to Zeitgeist Press to pick up your copy of The Horizontal Poet, the new collection by Jan Steckel. It’s moving. It’s sexy. It’s funny. It’s everything you want.”

Bi Magazine: Bisexual Books: 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced

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The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists for the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, honoring achievement in LGBT writing for books published in 2011. The awards this year include two separate categories, Nonfiction & Fiction, with five books nominated in each, for a total of ten nominations altogether for Bisexual Books.

Bisexual Nonfiction

Bisexual Fiction

Pioneer Award honorees, the master of ceremonies and presenters will be announced the second week of April. Winners will be announced at a Monday evening, June 4th ceremony in New York at the CUNY Graduate Center with an after-party at Slate.

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