This article was originally published in UCSB's ' The Current '.
A new book by Amin Ghaziani, an urban sexualities scholar who began his sociology professorship at UC Santa Barbara in July, has been named among a handful of finalists in the longest-running international awards competition highlighting LGBTQ+ voices in research and literature.
Among more than 1,300 titles across 26 categories, Long Live Queer Nightlife ” (Princeton University Press, 2024) is on the Lambda Literary Awards shortlist of top-five titles for the “Best Book in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction” published last year. Centered in London, the book covers the rise of inclusive and intersectional underground “club nights” in the wake of the widespread closure of gay bars worldwide.