Jeremy Atherton Lin Explained

Jeremy Atherton Lin
Occupation:Author and essayist
Nationality:American
Notable Works:
Awards:National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography

Jeremy Atherton Lin is an American essayist known for writing about gay culture[1] [2] [3] and alienation.[4] [5] He is the author of the cultural memoir Gay Bar.[6] [7] In 2022, it was announced that his second book Deep House examines the subject of same-sex marriage and immigration.[8] [9]

Life and work

Atherton Lin was raised in Saratoga, California. He attended Lynbrook High School and graduated from the theater department at UCLA.[10] He served as the inaugural Editorial Director of Surface Magazine, which was then based in San Francisco. After moving to the UK, he obtained the MA in Writing at the Royal College of Art in London.[11]

Atherton Lin's debut book Gay Bar: Why We Went Out (2021) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography.[12] It was included in The New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2021.[13]

Atherton Lin's essay ‘The Wrong Daddy’ was a finalist for a National Magazine Award,[14] the first-ever such nomination for a piece published by The Yale Review in its two-centuries-plus history.[15] [16] Atherton Lin profiled non-binary celebrities Sam Smith, Bimini Bon-Boulash and Mae Martin for British editions of GQ, traditionally a men’s magazine.[17] [18] [19] [20] He has published essays and reviews in publications including The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement, The Face and Index Magazine. He wrote the cover feature on Wolfgang Tillmans for the September 2022 issue of Frieze in advance of the artist’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.[21]

In 2022, Atherton Lin was featured in artist Every Ocean Hughes's durational performance at the Moderna Museet.[22] His sound essays have been broadcast by NTS Radio.[23]

Atherton Lin lives in St Leonards-on-Sea, England and Glendale, California.

Bibliography

Essays

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Author Jeremy Atherton Lin On His Lifelong Love Affair With Gay Bars. www.culturedmag.com.
  2. Web site: Gay Bars: Jeremy Atherton Lin's New Book Explores Why We Went Out. March 3, 2021. AnOther.
  3. Web site: 'There's Been a Kind of Erasure of the Pervert': An Interview with Jeremy Atherton Lin. February 11, 2021. Hazlitt.
  4. Web site: In Conversation. March 12, 2021.
  5. Web site: A Year in Reading: Olivia Laing. Olivia. Laing. December 10, 2015. The Millions.
  6. Web site: Bestsellers List Sunday, June 12. Yahoo News. 8 June 2022 .
  7. Web site: Bestsellers List Sunday, July 17. July 13, 2022. Los Angeles Times.
  8. Web site: Allen Lane bags exploration of same-sex marriage from Atherton Lin in six-way auction. The Bookseller.
  9. Web site: June 2022 Deal Announcements. Dahlia. Adler. June 30, 2022. LGBTQ Reads.
  10. Web site: StackPath. xtramagazine.com. 22 February 2021 .
  11. Web site: Jeremy Atherton Lin on making writing tangible. RCA Website.
  12. Web site: NBCC Awards 2022: Moving Forward With An Eye to the Past. Claire. Kirch . PublishersWeekly.com.
  13. News: Times Critics' Top Books of 2021. The New York Times . December 15, 2021. NYTimes.com.
  14. Web site: All the Stories Nominated for the 2022 National Magazine Awards. Peter. Rubin. February 25, 2022. Longreads.
  15. Web site: Humanitas: Centering East Asian studies, reveling in Parisian cathedrals. March 6, 2023. YaleNews.
  16. Web site: Awards and Accolades. The Yale Review.
  17. Web site: Sam Smith Has Grown in Confidence: "I've Got Loads of Wonderful Romantic Attention". Joely. Chilcott. September 28, 2022. POPSUGAR Celebrity UK.
  18. Web site: Bimini Bon Boulash Covers 'GQ,' Explains Breaking Up With Partner. www.out.com.
  19. Web site: Feel Good star Mae Martin opens up about their non-binary journey: "I just feel like myself". June 13, 2022. GAY TIMES.
  20. Web site: Mae Martin hits back at criticism for talking about gender identity. Kim. Novak. June 7, 2022.
  21. Web site: Issue 229: out now - Announcements - e-flux. www.e-flux.com.
  22. Web site: GAY In All Caps. Valerie Kyeyune. Backström. March 31, 2022.
  23. Web site: Interview with Jeremy Atherton Lin. Michele. Kirichanskaya. October 14, 2021.
  24. Web site: Things I Read That I Loved #325: Like a Hippie Van Collided With a Paint Factory. March 18, 2022.

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