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Family Meal
Lambda Literary · 2024 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda Literary Award for FictionGay Fiction | 2024 | Winner |
About This Book
A novel about grief, chosen family, and the complicated bonds between gay men, set in Houston and Tokyo.
About the Author
Bryan Washington is an American author who won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction twice — for Lot (2019) in 2020 and for Family Meal (2023) in 2024. Lot is a debut story collection set in Houston's outer neighbourhoods and exploring queer Black and Brown men and their families. Family Meal is a novel about grief, chosen family, and the complicated bonds between gay men. Read more →
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