Here's what a dozen book clubs selected for their July read and how you can get involved in the discussions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-12 12:30:00 UTC ]
Two writers known for their bold explorations of personal experience on two of the authors that have shaped their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by best-selling author of Bad Feminist and Opinions, Roxane Gay. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2023-10-20 09:00:00 UTC ]
Here are the books 11 of the biggest and most interesting book clubs have chosen as their picks for June 2023, including Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-15 10:36:00 UTC ]
During a panel, "Do Publisher’s Have a Moral Obligation to Diversify American Literature?", authors Min Jin Lee, Chris Beha, Roxane Gay and publishing veteran Erroll McDonald weighed in on a central issue in the book business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Roxane Gay is launching a new one-year fellowship programme which will see her support three aspiring writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-12 16:04:26 UTC ]
Roxane Gay, Katie Roiphe and Carmen Maria Machado, among others, are writing passionate, polemical sexual confessionals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
Roxane Gay is not just an acclaimed writer, she’s a champion of writers: she’s edited The Best American Short Stories, founded Gay Magazine, and launched the Audacious Book Club to promote reading and discussion of powerful new literary voices. Now, she’s continuing her curatorial work by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-05-26 14:50:24 UTC ]
Some good news to close out the year! Recently, Roxane Gay announced on Twitter that she’s starting a book club, and anyone can participate. The Audacious Book Club will span at least one year, and the reading list for 2021 has already been finalized: Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew, Black... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-21 15:31:37 UTC ]
Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the North American literary world signed an open letter offering support to trans and nonbinary communities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-09 21:31:58 UTC ]
A reader on how Roxane Gay's memoir HUNGER helped her overcome a fear of writing about her partial paralysis and disability within Black feminism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-06 10:39:34 UTC ]
Inside a packed room in Culver City on Thursday, Myriam Gurba, Roxane Gay and other writers of color talked about "American Dirt," Macmillan and the "crisis" in U.S. publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-02-07 21:39:43 UTC ]
From the fog of a so-far-extremely-cursed 2020, do you even remember 2019 anymore? The albino panda? 30 to 50 feral hogs? The US women’s national soccer team at the World Cup? What else even happened? Roxane Gay is here to remind us with this recap, which also lists her favorite books of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-06 16:40:23 UTC ]
Featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay, the comic anthology is a powerful and instructive collection of short stories by 60 female artists. The post Panel Mania: ‘Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival’ appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2019-08-02 10:00:17 UTC ]
Roxane Gay is appearing in conversation with Liv Little, the founder of gal-dem, for her very first visit to the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Melissa Broder’s first full length novel, The Pisces (Bloomsbury Circus), follows heartbroken PHD student Lucy as she moves to her sister's house in Venice Beach and subsequently falls in love with a merman. With glowing reviews from Roxane Gay and "Parks & Recreation" writer Megan Amram... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival, "Resist and Reimagine," brings writers including Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, Eileen Myles, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, and Masha Gessen together in New York for six days in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ally Carter sells her debut middle grade series, S&S buys a YA novel by NBA-winner Neal Schusterman and his son, MIT Press nabs an essay collection by Roxane Gay, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recent books by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, and Evan Narcisse have had great character-driven stories. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roxane Gay, Eddie Izzard, and Sherman Alexie release memoirs that explore issues of personal and cultural identity. Plus Newt Gingrich and Naomi Klein land on our list with books that take opposing views of Donald Trump’s presidency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]