Joseph Cassara (born 1989) is an American writer,"Debut novelist Joseph Cassara on the complexity of telling humane queer stories". Entertainment Weekly, February 5, 2018. whose debut novel The House of Impossible Beauties was published in 2018."The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara — glitter dreams". Financial Times, February 9, 2018. 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."The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara review – disco, drag and tragedy". The Guardian, May 24, 2018.
Originally from New Jersey,"Joseph Cassara Wants His Characters to Break Your Heart". The Millions, February 1, 2018. he was educated at Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
The novel won Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for LGBT debut fiction in 2019, and was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 31st Lambda Literary Awards."Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 7, 2019.
Awards Year Work Award Category Result 2019 The House of Impossible Beauties Edmund White Award — Lambda Literary Award Gay Fiction
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