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Established in 1996, the Firecracker Alternative Book Awards (FAB), celebrate the best in alternative publishing. 2002 Fiction This Too Can Be Yours by Beth Lisick (Manic D Press) Nonfiction Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin Company) Poetry Cunt-Ups by by Dodie Bellamy (Tender Buttons Books) Politics 9-11 by Noam Chomsky (Seven Stories Press) Sex Hardcore from the Heart by Annie Sprinkle and Gabrielle Cody (Continuum) Drugs Junkie Love by Phil Shoenfelt (Twisted Spoon Press) Music We Owe You Nothing by Punk Planet (Akashic Books) Art/Photo Devil's Advocate: The Art of Coop by Chris Cooper (Aperient Press) Graphic Novel Palestine by Joe Sacco (Fantagraphics Books) Kids Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly (Joanna Cotler Books) 2001 Fiction Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature by Neal Pollack (McSweeney's Books) Nonfiction The Strange Case of Edward Gorey by Alexander Theroux (Fantagraphics Books) Poetry Little Book of Ass by by Shappy & Sam Henderson (Kapow! Press) Politics The Ralph Nader Reader by Ralph Nader (Seven Stories Press) Sex Deviant Desires by Katharine Gates (Juno Books) Drugs Aunt Mary Jane's Baking With Pot by Mary Jane (High Times Books) Music Strange Fruit by David Margolick (Running Press) Art/Photo This Is Blythe by Gina Garan (Chronicle Books) Graphic Novel Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Pantheon Books) Kids The Real Rules for Girls by Mindy Morgenstern (Girl Press) 2000 Fiction Po Man's Child by Marci Blackman Nonfiction The Future of History by Howard Zinn and David Barsamian Poetry The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry edited by Alan Kaufman and S.A. Griffin Politics No More Prisons by William Upski Wimsatt Sex I was a Teenage Dominatrix by Shawna Kenney Drugs High Times Presents Paul Krassner's Pot Stories for the Soul compiled by Paul Krassner Music Fucked Up + Photocopied: Instant Art of the Punk Rock Movement edited by Bryan Ray Turcotte and E Bryan R. Turcott Art/Photo From Girls to Grrrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines by Trina Robbins Graphic Novel My New York Diary by Julie Doucet Kids The Story of Colors/La Historia de los Colores: A Bilingual Folktale from the Jungles of Chiapas by Subcomandante Marcos and translated by Anne Bar Din Special Recognition/Wildcard Categories: Books about Gap-Toothed Deceased Female Cartoonists with Smelly Dogs Dori Stories by Dori Seda Best Propaganda Video Guide Mental Hygiene : Classroom Films 1945-1970 by Ken Smith 1999 Fiction The Leather Daddy and the Femme: An Erotic Novel by Carol Queen Nonfiction Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio Poetry Burning in Paradise by Michael Madsen Politics Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb Sex Maurice Vellekoop's ABC Book: A Homoerotic Primer by Maurice Vellekoop Drugs Steven Cerio's ABC Book: A Drug Primer by Steven Cerio Music Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Didrik Sderlind Art/Photo The Beauty of Fetish by Steve Diet Goedde Graphic Novel Street Posters & Ballads by Eric Drooker Zine The Fish Tank published by Teresa Cooper and Lisa Zale Kids Facetasm: A Creepy Mix & Match Book of Gross Face Mutations by Charles Burns and Gary Panter Outstanding Independent Press of the Year Cleis Press Self Improvement My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein Special Recognition/Wildcard Categories: Maybe Mr. Falwell Was Right Teletubbies: Dancing with the Skirt edited by Andrew Davenport Maybe the NEA Was Wrong The Story of Colors/La Historia de los Colores: A Bilingual Folktale from the Jungles of Chiapas by Subcomandante Marcos, Anne Bar Din (Translator), Domitilia Dominguez (Illustrator) 1998 Fiction In Awe by Scott Heim Nonfiction Ono Ono Girl's Hula by Carolyn Lei-Lanilau Poetry Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry, edited by Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Politics The Zinn Reader by Howard Zinn Sex The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women by Tristan Taormino Drugs The Joint Rolling Handbook, edited by Richard Kemplay Music Monk, edited by Laurent de Wilde Art/Photo Devil Babe's Big Book of Fun, edited by Isabel Samaras Graphic Novel Minimum Wage: Book 2-- The Tales of Hoffman by Bob Fingerman Zine The Onion Kids In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers, edited by Javaka Steptoe Outstanding Independent Press of the Year 2.13.61 Publications Special Recognition/Wildcard Categories Best Distraction from the E. Coli Blues: Red Meat by Max Cannon I Always Knew Kirk & Spock Were Lovers! NASA/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America by Constance Penley 'If I Didn't Do This I'd Kill People!' Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman by Joe Coleman 1997 Fiction Distorture by Rob Hardin Nonfiction Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg Poetry Home in Three Days. Don't Wash. by Linda Smukler Politics Censored 1997: The News That Didn't Make the News: The Year's Top 25 Censored News Stories by Peter Phillips Sex The Guide to Getting It On! by the staff of Goofy Foot Press Drugs Everything I Know I Learned on Acid, edited by Coco Pekelis Music I Need More by Iggy Pop Art/Photo Nothing But the Girl, edited by Susie Bright and Jill Posener Graphic Novel Real Americans Admit: "The Worst Thing I've Ever Done!" by Ted Rall 'Zine Bust, edited and published by Celina Hex and Betty Boob Kids The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children edited by Davida Adedjouma Outstanding Independent Press of the Year AK Cleis Incommunicado Special Recognition/Wildcard Categories This Ain't Yer Family's Photo Album: Death Scenes by Katherine Dunn and Sean Tejaratchi Recall Hoekstra Award for Special Merit in Literary Publishing: FC2/Black Ice Don't Cook With Your Mouth Full Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge 1996 Winners Fiction A Void, by Georges Perec translated by Gilbert Adair Nonfiction Censored: The News that Didn't Make the News--and Why by Carl Jensen and Project Censored Poetry In Defense of Mumia, edited by S.E. Anderson & Tony Medina Politics Race for Justice: Mumia Abu-Jamal's Fight Against the Death Penalty, by Leonard Weinglass Sex Breathless: Erotica by Kitty Tsui Drugs Pharmako/Poeia : Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft by Dale Pendell Music Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag by Henry Rollins Graphic Novel The Narrative Corpse, edited by Art Spiegelman & R. Sikoryak Zine Ben is Dead by Darby Romeo Outstanding Independent Press of the Year Serpent's Tail/High Risk Books Special Recognition/Wildcard Categories Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash Pirate Utopias: Moorish Corsairs & European Renegadoes by Peter Lamborn Wilson Kool Kids Marco Solo, by James Schwinn and Gail Harlow Cemetery Art Saving Graces: Images of Women in European Cemeteries by David Robinson |
