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Rahul Mehta
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Nationality	American

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Rahul Mehta is an American author. They were born and raised in West Virginia, and their work focuses on the experience of being queer and South Asian. Mehta is the winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Gay Fiction and the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction for their short story collection Quarantine (2011).^[1]^[2] They teach Creative Writing at the University of the Arts.^[3]

Bibliography

No Other World: A Novel, Harper, 2017^[4]
Quarantine: Stories, HarperPerrenial, 2011^[5]

Recognition

Mehta's work has been reviewed in many publications, including the Iowa Review,^[6] Fiction Writers Review,^[7] Lambda Literary Review,^[8] Time Out,^[9] and Booklist.^[10] 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."^[11] V. Jo Hsu writes that Mehta "artfully interweaves sexual and racial tensions without creating an antagonistic "other."^[12]

Awards

Out Magazine Out 100, 2011^[13]
Lamba Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction, 2012
Asian American Literary Award for Fiction, 2012
American Library Association, Over The Rainbow Citation^[14]

References

^ Centrone, Brian (2017-04-16). "Rahul Mehta on Pushing Through Writer's Block and Exploring Pain..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Unquarantined". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Rahul | University of the Arts". www.uarts.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ Singh, Rajat (2017-05-18). "'No Other World' by Rahul Mehta". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE | The Iowa Review". iowareview.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE | The Iowa Review". iowareview.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ Hsu, V. Jo. "[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ Rutman, Troy (2011-08-08). "'Quarantine' by Rahul Mehta". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "10 LGBT books to read this summer". Time Out United States. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Booklist's Top 10 First Novels: 2017". ALA Book Club Central. 2017-11-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Unquarantined". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ Hsu, V. Jo. "[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "17th Annual Out100". www.out.com. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
^ "Quarantine: Stories | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

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[1] Centrone, Brian (2017-04-16). "Rahul Mehta on Pushing Through Writer's Block and Exploring Pain..." Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[2] "Unquarantined". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[3] "Rahul | University of the Arts". www.uarts.edu. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[4] Singh, Rajat (2017-05-18). "'No Other World' by Rahul Mehta". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[5] "Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE | The Iowa Review". iowareview.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[6] "Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE | The Iowa Review". iowareview.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[7] Hsu, V. Jo. "[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[8] Rutman, Troy (2011-08-08). "'Quarantine' by Rahul Mehta". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[9] "10 LGBT books to read this summer". Time Out United States. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[10] "Booklist's Top 10 First Novels: 2017". ALA Book Club Central. 2017-11-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[11] "Unquarantined". Asian American Writers' Workshop. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[12] Hsu, V. Jo. "[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[13] "17th Annual Out100". www.out.com. 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

[14] "Quarantine: Stories | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

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-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]] for Debut Gay Fiction and the [[Asian American Literary Awards|Asian American Literary Award]] for Fiction for his short story collection Quarantine (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/04/16/rahul-mehta-on-pushing-through-writers-block-memory-and-exploring-pain-through-fiction/|title=Rahul Mehta on Pushing Through Writer’s Block and Exploring Pain...|last=Centrone|first=Brian|date=2017-04-16|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaww.org/unquarantined-rahul-mehta/|title=Unquarantined|date=2013-10-02|website=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He teaches Creative Writing at the University of the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uarts.edu/node/21546|title=Rahul {{!}} University of the Arts|website=www.uarts.edu|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
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+'''Rahul Mehta''' is an American author. They were born and raised in West Virginia, and their work focuses on the experience of being queer and South Asian. Mehta is the winner of the [[Lambda Literary Award]] for Debut Gay Fiction and the [[Asian American Literary Awards|Asian American Literary Award]] for Fiction for their short story collection Quarantine (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/interviews/04/16/rahul-mehta-on-pushing-through-writers-block-memory-and-exploring-pain-through-fiction/|title=Rahul Mehta on Pushing Through Writer's Block and Exploring Pain...|last=Centrone|first=Brian|date=2017-04-16|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaww.org/unquarantined-rahul-mehta/|title=Unquarantined|date=2013-10-02|website=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> They teach Creative Writing at the University of the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uarts.edu/node/21546|title=Rahul {{!}} University of the Arts|website=www.uarts.edu|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
 == Bibliography ==
-* No Other World: A Novel, Harper, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/18/no-other-world-by-rahul-mehta/|title=‘No Other World’ by Rahul Mehta|last=Singh|first=Rajat|date=2017-05-18|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
+* ''No Other World: A Novel'', Harper, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/05/18/no-other-world-by-rahul-mehta/|title='No Other World' by Rahul Mehta|last=Singh|first=Rajat|date=2017-05-18|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
-* Quarantine: Stories, HarperPerrenial, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iowareview.org/blog/rahul-mehtas-quarantine|title=Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE {{!}} The Iowa Review|website=iowareview.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
+* ''Quarantine: Stories'', HarperPerrenial, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iowareview.org/blog/rahul-mehtas-quarantine|title=Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE {{!}} The Iowa Review|website=iowareview.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
 == Recognition ==
-Mehta's work has been reviewed in many publications, including the Iowa Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iowareview.org/blog/rahul-mehtas-quarantine|title=Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE {{!}} The Iowa Review|website=iowareview.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Fiction Writers Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/reviewlet-quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title=[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta|last=Hsu|first=V. Jo|website=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Lambda Literary Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/08/quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title=‘Quarantine’ by Rahul Mehta|last=Rutman|first=Troy|date=2011-08-08|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Time Out,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/usa/things-to-do/lgbt-books-to-read|title=10 LGBT books to read this summer|website=Time Out United States|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> and Booklist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookclubcentral.org/2017/11/20/booklists-top-10-first-novels-2017/|title=Booklist's Top 10 First Novels: 2017|date=2017-11-20|website=ALA Book Club Central|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaww.org/unquarantined-rahul-mehta/|title=Unquarantined|date=2013-10-02|website=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> V. Jo Hsu writes that Mehta "artfully interweaves sexual and racial tensions without creating an antagonistic "other."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/reviewlet-quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title=[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta|last=Hsu|first=V. Jo|website=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
+Mehta's work has been reviewed in many publications, including the Iowa Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iowareview.org/blog/rahul-mehtas-quarantine|title=Rahul Mehta's QUARANTINE {{!}} The Iowa Review|website=iowareview.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Fiction Writers Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/reviewlet-quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title=[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta|last=Hsu|first=V. Jo|website=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Lambda Literary Review,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/08/08/quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title='Quarantine' by Rahul Mehta|last=Rutman|first=Troy|date=2011-08-08|website=Lambda Literary|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Time Out,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/usa/things-to-do/lgbt-books-to-read|title=10 LGBT books to read this summer|website=Time Out United States|date=6 June 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> and Booklist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookclubcentral.org/2017/11/20/booklists-top-10-first-novels-2017/|title=Booklist's Top 10 First Novels: 2017|date=2017-11-20|website=ALA Book Club Central|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-11|archive-date=2019-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026135222/http://www.bookclubcentral.org/2017/11/20/booklists-top-10-first-novels-2017/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaww.org/unquarantined-rahul-mehta/|title=Unquarantined|date=2013-10-02|website=Asian American Writers' Workshop|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> V. Jo Hsu writes that Mehta "artfully interweaves sexual and racial tensions without creating an antagonistic "other."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/reviewlet-quarantine-by-rahul-mehta/|title=[Reviewlet] Quarantine, by Rahul Mehta|last=Hsu|first=V. Jo|website=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
 == Awards ==
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 * Out Magazine Out 100, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/out100/2011/12/11/17th-annual-out100|title=17th Annual Out100|date=2011-12-11|website=www.out.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
 * Lamba Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction, 2012
-* Asian American Literary Award for Fiction, 2012
+* [[Asian American Literary Awards|Asian American Literary Award]] for Fiction, 2012
-* American Library Association, Over The Rainbow Citation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/quarantine-stories|title=Quarantine: Stories {{!}} Awards & Grants|website=www.ala.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><br />
+* American Library Association, Over The Rainbow Citation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/quarantine-stories|title=Quarantine: Stories {{!}} Awards & Grants|website=www.ala.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>
-== External Links ==
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
+== External links ==
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSVBIEZIC_g&feature=youtu.be PBS Interview]
-* [http://rahulmehtawriter.com/ Official website]
+* {{Official website|http://rahulmehtawriter.com/}}
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQ2qWJwtLQ&feature=youtu.be NDTV Interview]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSVBIEZIC_g PBS Interview]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQ2qWJwtLQ NDTV Interview]
+*[https://minoritiesinpublishing.tumblr.com/post/159792956732/episode-55-interview-with-rahul-mehta Minorities in Publishing Podcast Interview]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Rahul}}
+[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
+[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:American novelists of Asian descent]]
+[[Category:American short story writers of Asian descent]]
+[[Category:Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction winners]]
+[[Category:American LGBTQ novelists]]
+[[Category:American queer writers]]
+[[Category:Writers from West Virginia]]
+[[Category:Novelists from West Virginia]]
+[[Category:LGBTQ people from West Virginia]]
+[[Category:American LGBTQ people of Asian descent]]
+[[Category:Queer novelists]]
+{{US-author-stub}}
-== References ==
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