NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Harding’s Maine-based historical novel “This Other Eden,” Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian “Chain-Gang All-Stars” and Justin Torres’ multi-generational “Blackouts” are among ...
The Cornell Daily Sun: Justin Torres's ‘Blackouts’ and the Reclamation of Queer Literature
Taken from a book entitled SEX VARIANTS, the blackout poem above demonstrates the genius of Justin Torres’s 2023 novel Blackouts. With his poetry, he turns disgust into art and hatred into beauty.
New Hampshire Public Radio: Justin Torres wins National Book Award for novel 'Blackouts'
At last night's National Book Awards, the prize for fiction went to Justin Torres. His novel "Blackouts" is about histories that are hidden and erased. The story revolves around a lesbian researcher ...
NPR: In 'Blackouts,' Justin Torres shines a light on silenced LGBTQ history
The new novel and National Book Awards finalist by Justin Torres, Blackouts, blurs the line between fiction and history to bring marginalized queer narratives to life. In today's episode, Torres ...
Justin Torres’ queer novel “Blackouts” won the National Book Award for fiction Wednesday night. “Blackouts” — his second novel after his award-winning “We the Animals” — combines fictional ...
The Daily Californian: Neither queer nor there: Justin Torres’ ‘Blackouts’ is part camp, part history
“Blackouts,” the second novel from Justin Torres, unfolds as an intergenerational conversation between two queer men. The elder man, Juan, lies on his deathbed at “The Palace,” a vaguely intimated ...
Neither queer nor there: Justin Torres’ ‘Blackouts’ is part camp, part history
The Daily Gazette: Paul Harding and Justin Torres are among the National Book Award finalists
Paul Harding and Justin Torres are among the National Book Award finalists