Ben Grossberg, professor in the department of English and Modern Languages, won a 2025 Lambda Literary Award for his debut novel, The Spring Before Obergefell, which was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2024. The Lambda Literary Awards are national awards recognizing the very best LGBTQ+ books each year.
Though The Spring Before Obergefell is Grossberg's first novel, this is Grossberg's second Lambda Literary Award. He also won the 2009 award for his poetry collection, Sweet Core Orchard.