Today in The Audacity, @ambernoelles writes about what we can learn about writing well from Zelda video games. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/its-dangerous-to-go-it-alone
Today in my newsletter, a graphic essay by @aubreyhirsch about navigating the extraordinary cost of healthcare. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/the-price-of-being-alive
We’re elated to share the 2023 Ticketed Sessions for literary superstars Michael Cunningham, Roxane Gay, and Stacey Abrams! Each session ticket includes a copy of the author’s featured Festival book, session admission, and access to the author’s signing line. Proceeds from book ticket sales support the annual Festival and our year-round programs. Learn more and purchase tickets at the link in our bio! 🔗🎟️
We’re elated to share the 2023 Ticketed Sessions for literary superstars Michael Cunningham, Roxane Gay, and Stacey Abrams! Each session ticket includes a copy of the author’s featured Festival book, session admission, and access to the author’s signing line. Proceeds from book ticket sales support the annual Festival and our year-round programs. Learn more and purchase tickets at the link in our bio! 🔗🎟️
Next week in the Audacious Book Club, we’re talking about Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (@kavehakbar.kavehakbar). Register to join us on February 27 at 8 p.m. ET at this link: https://ow.ly/9mKl50QGjmT
Next month in the Audacious Book Club, we’re talking about Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter (@sarahroseetter). I hope you’ll join us at The Audacity to discuss this novel and our July selection, which we’ll be talking about over Zoom later this month.
This month in The Audacious Book Club, we’re talking about Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang (@cpamzhang). I hope you’ll join our discussion about this novel at The Audacity and our Zoom discussion later this month. Read more here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/the-audacious-book-club-land-of-milk
Join us for a night of conversation and community with Roxane Gay and Julia Turshen in NYC.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
The Greene Space
Food and fun: 6:30 pm
Event start: 7:30 pm
We’ll be celebrating the launch of “Roxane Gay &” — a new series of original essays curated by writer, professor, editor, and social commentator Roxane Gay. Enjoy Q&A with the authors, light bites and refreshments inspired by Roxane and Julia’s favorite recipes, and take home a few exclusive keepsakes from the event.
Space is limited, so please RSVP via the link in bio.
This week at The Audacity, I wrote about Lush Lives, the second title from @roxanegaybooks, out now. It’s a charming romance, and it happens to share a title similar to one of my favorite songs. Read more, and find out where to pick up a copy, here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/out-now-lush-lives-by-j-vanessa-lyon
In this week’s Work Friend, queries about mandates for posting professional things on personal social media accounts, FedEx fees for freelancers, promotions without raises, and unequal pay for equal work. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/business/roxane-gay-work-advice.html
Today in The Audacity’s Emerging Writer Series is a powerful essay by Gabrielle Behar Trinh about the mysteries of our parents, the complexities of our emotions, and how we attempt to understand both. Read it here and at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/xuc-ong
Today in The Audacity’s Emerging Writer Series is an excellent essay by Catherine Simone Gray about the legacies of rape and childbirth and how we process both. Read it here and at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/proud-flesh
Today in The Audacity’s Emerging Writer Series is an excellent essay by Jason Prokowiew about how writing about our trauma can lead us to a new understanding of family, love, and ourselves. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/the-demulcent-of-shame
This week in my newsletter, a graphic essay by @aubreyhirsch all about size discrimination. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/weighty-matters
This week in Work Friend: questions about ageism on the job market, declining to write a reference dealing with petty politics, and potential wage theft. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/business/roxane-gay-work-friend-advice.html
Tomorrow in the Audacious Book Club, we’re talking about Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva. Register to join us at 8 p.m. ET at this link: https://ow.ly/NOsN50PjBvI
This month in The Audacious Book Club, we’re talking about Alejandra Oliva’s Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration. I hope you’ll join our discussion about this novel throughout July and our Zoom discussion later this month. Read more here and at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/the-audacious-book-club-rivermouth
Today in The Audacity’s Emerging Writer Series is an excellent essay by Pamela Jackson about how a location and the memory it holds can reverberate throughout our lives. Read it here or at the link in my stories: https://ow.ly/yZKm50QCa0B
Power is complex. Understanding, acknowledging and taking action according to these complexities is challenging. Luckily, DO THE WORK is here to guide you through your relationship to power and how you want to respond in your own terms.
With reflection questions, examples and space to explore, DO THE WORK will reframe your relationship to power in an approachable way leaving you feeling confident in your knowledge and empowered to take action.
From experts in the field @megpillow77 and @roxanegay74 you’re in safe hands 📚 Coming June 20th 📚 Preorder today! 📚
#reclaimyourpower #relationshiptopower #empower #reflection #findyourvoice #takeaction #empoweringbooks #bookstoinspire #comingsoon @quartobooksuk
Power is complex. Understanding, acknowledging and taking action according to these complexities is challenging. Luckily, DO THE WORK is here to guide you through your relationship to power and how you want to respond in your own terms.
With reflection questions, examples and space to explore, DO THE WORK will reframe your relationship to power in an approachable way leaving you feeling confident in your knowledge and empowered to take action.
From experts in the field @megpillow77 and @roxanegay74 you’re in safe hands 📚 Coming June 20th 📚 Preorder today! 📚
#reclaimyourpower #relationshiptopower #empower #reflection #findyourvoice #takeaction #empoweringbooks #bookstoinspire #comingsoon @quartobooksuk
Power is complex. Understanding, acknowledging and taking action according to these complexities is challenging. Luckily, DO THE WORK is here to guide you through your relationship to power and how you want to respond in your own terms.
With reflection questions, examples and space to explore, DO THE WORK will reframe your relationship to power in an approachable way leaving you feeling confident in your knowledge and empowered to take action.
From experts in the field @megpillow77 and @roxanegay74 you’re in safe hands 📚 Coming June 20th 📚 Preorder today! 📚
#reclaimyourpower #relationshiptopower #empower #reflection #findyourvoice #takeaction #empoweringbooks #bookstoinspire #comingsoon @quartobooksuk
✨EPISODE 2 out now with THE @roxanegay74✨ On the latest episode of Reckon True Stories, acclaimed author Roxane Gay joins Deesha and Kiese for a wide-ranging conversation about her writing journey, bringing your whole self to the page, the pressures of social media, and the value of criticism. Gay talks about her forthcoming book on writing advice, “How to be Heard,” and Deesha and Kiese ask about her current pop culture influences—what she’s watching and who she’s listening to—and Deesha gets another hint about Roxane Gay’s nemesis. 🔗 You can listen to this episode and see the full reading list at the link in our bio.
✨EPISODE 2 out now with THE @roxanegay74✨ On the latest episode of Reckon True Stories, acclaimed author Roxane Gay joins Deesha and Kiese for a wide-ranging conversation about her writing journey, bringing your whole self to the page, the pressures of social media, and the value of criticism. Gay talks about her forthcoming book on writing advice, “How to be Heard,” and Deesha and Kiese ask about her current pop culture influences—what she’s watching and who she’s listening to—and Deesha gets another hint about Roxane Gay’s nemesis. 🔗 You can listen to this episode and see the full reading list at the link in our bio.
✨EPISODE 2 out now with THE @roxanegay74✨ On the latest episode of Reckon True Stories, acclaimed author Roxane Gay joins Deesha and Kiese for a wide-ranging conversation about her writing journey, bringing your whole self to the page, the pressures of social media, and the value of criticism. Gay talks about her forthcoming book on writing advice, “How to be Heard,” and Deesha and Kiese ask about her current pop culture influences—what she’s watching and who she’s listening to—and Deesha gets another hint about Roxane Gay’s nemesis. 🔗 You can listen to this episode and see the full reading list at the link in our bio.
