Hot Plastic Burns Bright
Back in the 1970s and '80s -- when there seemed to be more young people going to the movies than reading books, film schools were apparently more popular than writing programs, and the goal of an increasing number of creative twenty-somethings was not to write the Great American Novel but to craft the next hot screenplay -- a chorus of dismayed voices was sometimes heard to ask, "But where will the new authors come from?"
The Lambda Literary Foundation will announce the winners of the 16th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, or "Lammies," honoring a diverse range of distinguished voices in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) publishing, at what promises to be a festive and lively ceremony at the Chicago Mart Plaza on Thursday, June 3, 2004, in conjunction with BookExpo America.