The Publishing Triangle will hold their third annual Finalists Reading, featuring some of the nominees for the Publishing Triangle awards. This sterling batch of LGBT authors will read excerpts from their books, which represent the best in LGBT writing for 2015.

Participants include:
 
* Corrina Bain, author of Debridement; finalist for the Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature

* Marcia M. Gallo, author of “No One Helped”: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy; finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

* Tanwi Nandini Islam, author of Bright Lines; finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction

* Rickey Laurentiis, author of Boy with Thorn; finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry

* Chinelo Okparanta, author of Under the Udala Trees; finalist for The Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction

* Ioannis Pappos, author of Hotel Living; finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction

* Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, author of Blue Talk and Love; finalist for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction

* Maggie Thrash, author of Honor Girl; finalist for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction

Suggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau. No one turned away for lack of funds.