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Diversity Rules Magazine
March 2015
Golden Crown
Literary So-
ciety (GCLS)
is pleased to
a n n o u n c e
t h a t Ru b y f r u i t
Jungle by best-
selling author
Rita Mae Brown
(Bantam Press)
has been se-
lected as the 2015 winner of the coveted Lee Lynch
Classic Book Award. e award will be presented at
the Annual GCLS Literary Awards Ceremony, July
25, 2015 in New Orleans, during the GCLS An-
nual Literary Conference.
Brown's first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, is still in print
over 40 years since its original publication date in
1973. She has spent her life as both a writer and a
political activist, who was known for her outspo-
kenness about the need for recognition and inclu-
sion of lesbians in the feminist movement. Brown is
the author of more than 40 novels, two collections
of poetry and nine screenplays.
"Rubyfruit Jungle was a trailblazing literary coup
at publication. Born of Rita Mae Brown's radical
feminism, social consciousness and humor, it was
the right book at the right time then and continues
to seduce lesbian readers well into the 21st century,"
says trailblazing author Lee Lynch.
"In Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown has given
us all the gift of a brilliant, brave, and witty super-
star—an iconic character who burst upon the scene
right when we needed her most. Moly Bolt will con-
tinue to amuse and inspire women for generations
to come," says Ann Bannon, who is known for her
classic lesbian novels of the 1950s and 60s.
Award winning author and editor Katherine V. For-
rest says, "In her high spirited, unforgettable depic-
tion of the gutsy, confident Molly Bolt, a lesbian
fiercely and wondrously herself, Rita Mae Brown
not only gave us our first lesbian heroine, she gave
us gay pride before we had the words."
Presented by the only literary organization dedicat-
ed to lesbian literature, the GCLS rewards quality
lesbian literature with GCLS Literary Awards (aka
"e Goldies") in thirteen genre categories, two
popular choice categories, and three special awards
(Trailblazer Award, Lee Lynch Classic Book Award,
and Directors' Award). For more information on
the GCLS Literary Awards, visit http://golden-
crown.org/awards
Rubyfruit Jungle
A Book by Rita Mae Brown
Winner of 2015 Lee Lynch Classic Award
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