Rahul Mehta is an American author. He was born and raised in West Virginia, and his work focuses on the experience of being queer and South Asian. Mehta is the winner of the

Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted i ...

for Debut Gay Fiction and the

Asian American Literary Award The Asian American Literary Awards are a set of annual awards that have been presented by The Asian American Writers' Workshop since 1998. The awards include a set of honors for excellence in fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by a panel of l ...

for Fiction for his short story collection Quarantine (2011). He teaches Creative Writing at the University of the Arts.

Bibliography

* ''No Other World: A Novel'', Harper, 2017 * ''Quarantine: Stories'', HarperPerrenial, 2011

Recognition

Mehta's work has been reviewed in many publications, including the Iowa Review, Fiction Writers Review, Lambda Literary Review, Time Out, and Booklist. Brian Leung said of Mehta's short story collection, "''Quarantine'' marks a turning of a corner, a representative flashpoint, at least, for LGBT and Asian-American writers who have felt obligated to center their creative work around savory dishes, coming out, the exotic customs of intervening relatives, protest, all the expected signifiers." Leung concludes, "Mehta's stories acknowledge that we can occupy more than one subject position." V. Jo Hsu writes that Mehta "artfully interweaves sexual and racial tensions without creating an antagonistic "other."

Awards

* Out Magazine Out 100, 2011 * Lamba Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction, 2012 *

for Fiction, 2012 * American Library Association, Over The Rainbow Citation

References

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