About the author
Bryan Washington is an American writer whose fiction has followed queer relationships, Black and Latino communities, food, grief, and chosen family in Houston and beyond. His prose gives ordinary exchanges the weight of what characters cannot yet say directly.
Palaver moves between Tokyo and memories of Houston as an estranged mother visits her gay son. Repair develops through proximity, meals, errands, friends, and recurring arguments rather than a single solution.
Where to start
Start with Palaver for a family novel about a mother and son sharing a Tokyo apartment after ten years apart.
