White Girls is a nonfiction book by Hilton Als, published November 5, 2013 by McSweeney's.
Overview Combining elements of memoir, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, the book's essays create a portrait of "white girls", a category in which Als includes everyone from Truman Capote to Flannery O’Connor and even Malcolm X. The book explores themes of identity, otherness, commonality, and interpersonal relationships as a kind of "twinship".
Awards +White Girls awards and honorsYearAwardResultRef.2014Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction WinnerLambda Literary Award for LGBT NonfictionWinner2013National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Finalist
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