Title: Neotenica
Description: Neotenica is a novel of encounters: casual sex, arranged-marriage dates, cops, rowdy teenagers, lawyers, a Sapphic flirtation, a rival, a child, and two important dogs. At the center of it are Young Ae, a Korean-born ballet dancer turned PhD student, and her husband, a Korean-American male who inhabits an interior femininity, neither transgender nor homosexual, but a strong, visceral femininity nonetheless. This novel is an adrenaline-filled ride sliding across the surface of desire and chance through the quotidian turned playful.
Subjects: LGBTQ novels, LGBTQ gender identity, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Korean Americans, Fiction, Ballet dancers, Gender identity, Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist