Bryan Washington

Growing up, TJ was Cam's boy next door. When Cam needed a home, TJ's parents—Mae and Jin—took him in. Their family bakery became Cam's safe place. Until he left, and it wasn't anymore. Years later, Cam's world is falling apart. The love of his life, Kai, is gone, but his ghost keeps haunting Cam and won't let go. And Cam's...

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese-American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years—good years— but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well,...

Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice. In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older...

'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy' - Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 'Brilliantly details the smallest moments that mean the absolute most, the heartbreakingly human limitations of how we love one another' - Kiley Reid, author of Such a Fun Age Benson and Mike are two young guys who...

Such a joy – Ocean Vuong‘It’ll break and remake your heart’ – Andrew Sean GreerA gorgeous book – RO Kwon In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled in a sexual relationship with a married man, and while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he...