Awards: Polari First Book Shortlist

A shortlist has been announced for the Polari First Book Prize, which celebrates "a writer whose first book explores the LGBT experience, whether in poetry, prose, fiction or nonfiction." The overall winner will be revealed October 13 at the London Literature Festival. This year's shortlisted titles are:

Expecting by Chitra Ramaswamy
Guapa by Saleem Haddad
We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant
Straight Jacket by Matthew Todd
The Vegetarian Tigers of Paradise by Crystal Jeans
Jerusalem Ablaze by Orlando Ortega-Medina

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