Gay Bar: Why We Went Out Explained

Author:	Jeremy Atherton Lin
Pub Date:	2021
Genre:	Creative Nonfiction

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out is a 2021 creative nonfiction book by Asian-American essayist Jeremy Atherton Lin published by Little, Brown in North America and Granta in the United Kingdom. It is a response to LGBT venue closures ^{[1] [2] [3]} written in the idiom of cultural memoir.^{[4] [5]}

Gay Bar was listed among the Times Critics' Top Books of the Year in The New York Times.^[6] It received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography.^[7] It was shortlisted for the Randy Shilts Award.^[8]

Atherton Lin created a show for NTS Radio based on the book.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Best Books to Read in 2021. December 25, 2020. Vogue.
2. News: Schaub . Michael . 2021-02-11 . 'Gay Bar' Tracks The Wave Of A Whole Culture — And One Life . NPR . 2022-05-18.
3. Web site: How Will We Remember Gay Bars?. Maggie. Lange. April 2, 2021. The Cut.
4. Web site: 2021-02-18 . Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin – a going out memoir . 2022-05-18 . The Guardian.
5. News: Ryan . Hugh . 2021-02-09 . A Memoir About Queer Identity, Told One Gay Bar at a Time . The New York Times . 2022-05-18.
6. News: 2021-12-15 . Times Critics' Top Books of 2021 . The New York Times . 2022-05-18.
7. Web site: The National Book Critics Circle Award . 2022-05-18 . National Book Critics Circle.
8. Web site: The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction . 2022-05-18 . The Publishing Triangle.
9. Web site: Jeremy Atherton Lin - Gay Bar 7th February 2021 . 2022-05-18 . NTS Radio.