Joseph Cassara

Joseph Cassara
Born1989 (age 34–35)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Notable awardsEdmund White Award (2019)
Website
www.josephcassara.com

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]

Awards

Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2019 The House of Impossible Beauties Edmund White Award — Won [6]
Lambda Literary Award Gay Fiction Shortlisted [7]

Biblio

  • —— (2018). The House of Impossible Beauties.

References

  1. ^ "Debut novelist Joseph Cassara on the complexity of telling humane queer stories". Entertainment Weekly, February 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara — glitter dreams". Financial Times, February 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara review – disco, drag and tragedy". The Guardian, May 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Joseph Cassara Wants His Characters to Break Your Heart". The Millions, February 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bookshelf". Columbia College Today. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. ^ a b Maher, John. "This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  7. ^ a b "Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 7, 2019.


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