Joseph Cassara
Joseph Cassara (born 1989) is an American writer,[1] whose debut novel The House of Impossible Beauties was published in 2018.[2] The novel, an exploration of drag culture in New York City in the 1980s during the HIV/AIDS crisis, was inspired in part by Angie Xtravaganza and the film Paris Is Burning.[3]
Originally from New Jersey,[4] he was educated at Columbia University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
The novel won Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for LGBT debut fiction in 2019,[5] and was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Debut novelist Joseph Cassara on the complexity of telling humane queer stories". Entertainment Weekly, February 5, 2018.
- ^ "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara — glitter dreams". Financial Times, February 9, 2018.
- ^ "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara review – disco, drag and tragedy". The Guardian, May 24, 2018.
- ^ "Joseph Cassara Wants His Characters to Break Your Heart". The Millions, February 1, 2018.
- ^ "This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced". Publishers Weekly, April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 7, 2019.
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