#Justin Torres

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Justin Torres, the queer writer who has reached the pinnacle of American literature

Justin Torres was inspired to write his novel, Blackouts, after discovering a censored book on queer identity from 1941.
The novel explores the lives of queer individuals and the systems of clinical history and criminalization they have faced.

Author Justin Torres knows that resurrecting queer history makes for a better world - Queerty

Justin Torres emphasizes the importance of using writing to advocate for social causes and strives to bring queer history to a broader audience.

Justin Torres, the queer writer who has reached the pinnacle of American literature

Justin Torres was inspired to write his novel, Blackouts, after discovering a censored book on queer identity from 1941.
The novel explores the lives of queer individuals and the systems of clinical history and criminalization they have faced.

Author Justin Torres knows that resurrecting queer history makes for a better world - Queerty

Justin Torres emphasizes the importance of using writing to advocate for social causes and strives to bring queer history to a broader audience.
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#National Book Award

A Redacted Past Slowly Emerges

Blackouts is the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.
The novel focuses on recovering the history of erased and ignored gay lives.

National Book Awards Spotlight Overlooked Communities and Celebrate Self-Expression

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.
The nonfiction prize was awarded to Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.
Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything won the award for young people's literature.

Justin Torres wins at National Book Awards as authors call for cease-fire in Gaza

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.
During his speech, Torres invited all the other finalists to deliver a collective statement calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
LeVar Burton and Oprah Winfrey also spoke out against the banning of books from public schools.

A Redacted Past Slowly Emerges

Blackouts is the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.
The novel focuses on recovering the history of erased and ignored gay lives.

National Book Awards Spotlight Overlooked Communities and Celebrate Self-Expression

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.
The nonfiction prize was awarded to Ned Blackhawk's The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.
Dan Santat's A First Time for Everything won the award for young people's literature.

Justin Torres wins at National Book Awards as authors call for cease-fire in Gaza

Justin Torres' novel Blackouts won the National Book Award for fiction.
During his speech, Torres invited all the other finalists to deliver a collective statement calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
LeVar Burton and Oprah Winfrey also spoke out against the banning of books from public schools.
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