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We The Animals Nominated for NAACP Image Awards

Published on January 21, 2012

NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP Image Awards is the nation’s premier multi-cultural awards show celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing & directing), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors.

We The Animals by Justin Torres is among five nominees in the category, “Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author.” The awards will be announced on February 17.

Categories: Awards & Nominations, News and We The Animals.

We The Animals is now available in France

Published on January 12, 2012

We The Animals, French Ed - cover

Read Raphaëlle Leyris’ review on LeMonde.fr here.

Categories: News, Reviews, We The Animals and Writing.

1/31/12: Justin Torres will be this month’s Magnet Book Club guest author

Published on January 5, 2012

From the Facebook event page:

“We the Animals is a dark jewel of a book. It’s heartbreaking. It’s beautiful. It resembles no other book I’ve read. We should all be grateful for Justin Torres, a brilliant, ferocious new voice.”

-Michael Cunningham

MAGNET BOOK CLUB is back and in 2012 we are bringing in your favorite local queer authors to answer your burning questions, drink wine with us, and sign some books!

January’s selection, ‘We the Animals,’ is one of the best books of the year. After a brief discussion starting at 7:30pm, we will welcome author Justin Torres at 8pm to get his one-of-a-kind insight on his “blistering” debut.

Magnet Book Club selections are now available at Books, Inc. in the Castro for 15% off.

More info here.

Categories: Events, News, Readings and We The Animals.

Justin Torres named one of Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2011

Published on November 17, 2011

Read the article here.

Categories: Awards & Nominations and News.

We The Animals Is Now Available!

Published on September 1, 2011

"We The Animals" Cover

We The Animals is Available From:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Indie Bound
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Books-a-million
Powells

… and your local bookseller.

Categories: News, We The Animals and Writing.

Justin Torres contributes to NPR’s You Must Read This

Published on August 29, 2011

Read Justin Torres’ piece, “Immerse Yourself In An Innocent, Ill-Fated Love,” about Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley here.

Categories: News, Readings and Writing.

United States Artists interviews USA Rolón Fellow Justin Torres about Bread Loaf

Published on August 22, 2011

In 2009, United States Artists awarded Justin the USA Rolón Fellowship. In 2010, USA Program Director Amada Cruz talked to Justin about his experience waiting tables at Bread Loaf during the summer of 2007.

Read the interview here.

Read Justin’s 2009 Fellowship announcement here.

More about Bread Loaf here.

Categories: Awards & Nominations, Interviews and News.