Joseph Cassara Explained
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.[5]
The novel won Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for LGBT debut fiction in 2019,[6] and was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.[7]
Notes and References
- https://ew.com/books/2018/02/05/joseph-cassara-the-house-of-impossible-beauties-interview/ "Debut novelist Joseph Cassara on the complexity of telling humane queer stories"
- https://www.ft.com/content/d5ae46d2-0c1c-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09 "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara — glitter dreams"
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/24/the-house-of-impossible-beauties-review "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara review – disco, drag and tragedy"
- https://themillions.com/2018/02/the-millions-interviews-joseph-cassara.html "Joseph Cassara Wants His Characters to Break Your Heart"
- Web site: 2018-06-27 . Bookshelf . 2022-06-16 . Columbia College Today . en.
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/79885-2018-triangle-award-winners-announced.html "This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced"
- https://quillandquire.com/omni/vivek-shraya-joshua-whitehead-among-10-canadian-finalists-for-lambda-literary-awards/ "Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards"
