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Lot stories

Coming of age in his family's Houston restaurant, a mixed-heritage teen navigates bullying, his newly discovered sexual orientation, and the ripple effects of a disadvantaged community.

Main Author: Washington, Bryan, 1993- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Subjects:
Young gay men > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Ethnic relations > Fiction.
Houston (Tex.) > Fiction.
Short stories.
Domestic fiction.
Summary: Coming of age in his family's Houston restaurant, a mixed-heritage teen navigates bullying, his newly discovered sexual orientation, and the ripple effects of a disadvantaged community.
Physical Description: 222 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780525533672
0525533672
9780525533689
Author Notes: Bryan Washington is a National Book Award 5 Under 35 honoree and winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. He received the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award for his first book, Lot , which was also a finalist for the NBCC's John Leonard Prize, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. He has written for The New Yorker , The New York Times , The New York Times Magazine , BuzzFeed , Bon Appétit , and GQ , among other publications. He lives in Houston.

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