Bryan Washington
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Bryan Washington (borm 1993) is an American writer, who published his debut short story collection, Lot, in 2019.[1]
Washington was born in Kentucky, and raised in Houston, Texas.[2]
Lot, a series of interconnected short stories set in Houston, centers in part on Nicolás, a young man of mixed African American and Latino American descent who works in his family's restaurant while coming to terms with his sexuality.[3] The book was the winner of the 2019 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence,[4] the 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize,[5] and the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.[6]
Washington's first novel, Memorial, is slated for publication in 2020.[7]
References
- ^ Luis Alberto Urria, "In Bryan Washington’s ‘Lot,’ Stories Reveal Houston’s Hidden Borders". The New York Times, May 14, 2019.
- ^ Richard Lea, "Bryan Washington: 'Many authors haven't met poor people and that’s very clear in their writing'". The Guardian, August 18, 2019.
- ^ Colin Grant, "Lot by Bryan Washington review – tough but tender stories". The Guardian, August 7, 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Chevel (January 30, 2020). "Houston writer Bryan Washington to receive Gaines Award". Associated Press. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
- ^ Alison Flood, "Bryan Washington's 'kickass' short stories win £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize". The Guardian, May 14, 2020.
- ^ Erin Vanderhoof, "The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Vanity Fair, June 1, 2020.
- ^ David Canfield, "Bryan Washington on why he's calling his debut novel a 'gay slacker dramedy'". Entertainment Weekly, February 14, 2020.
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- 21st-century American short story writers
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- African-American short story writers
- African-American novelists
- American male novelists
- American male short story writers
- Gay writers
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction winners
- LGBT African Americans
- LGBT novelists
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Writers from Houston
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