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National Book Foundation > Author > Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington has written fiction and nonfiction for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, BBC, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The Paris Review, Tin House, One Story, Bon Appétit, MUNCHIES, American Short Fiction, GQ, The FADER, The Awl, and Catapult. More about this author >
In the city of Houston – a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America – the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He’s working at his family’s restaurant, weathering his brother’s blows, resenting his older sister’s absence. And discovering he likes boys. More about this book >
Selected by Nafissa Thompson-Spires >
Bryan Washington has written fiction and nonfiction for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, BBC, BuzzFeed, Vulture, The Paris Review, Tin House, One Story, Bon Appétit, MUNCHIES, American Short Fiction, GQ, The FADER, The Awl, and Catapult. He is the author of Lot and he lives in Houston.