If You're in Portland--
Wednesday, Sept. 13th at 7:00...Myriam Gurba! And me. In CONVERSATION! :)
Coming up fast, and I hope some of you will put this on your calendar!
I’m honored to be invited to chat and facilitate conversation with Myriam Gurba, about her new work and all else in her literary world. She’s knocking it out of the park! Activism, empathy, hard, cold truths…come be part of the conversation!
What: Myriam Gurba, author of Creep (her latest) and also Mean as well as other books, who gained fame and infamy with her review of the novel American Dirt, showing how a singular voice can shape the literary landscape…and me, chatting with her, along with a reading and Q & A.
Where: Powells on Burnside
When: Wednesday, 9/11, 7:00.
Here’s her American Dirt review, that shook the lit world: Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature – Tropics of Meta
Here’s a follow-up piece, also by Gurba: Myriam Gurba: I called out American Dirt’s racism. I won’t be silenced. - Vox
As one early reader put it:
With deadpan humor and devastating wit, Myriam Gurba creeps through the hypocrisies of rape culture, patriarchal violence, anti-Mexican racism, and familial trauma to expose the brutality in everyday life. Who else could take on Joan Didion’s racial grammar while demolishing Barbies and extolling the integrity of sluts? ‘Humor can only go so far,’ Gurba writes, and when she drops the mic on her own survival the text shimmers. Meticulously researched and boldly articulated, Creep dares us all to stop pretending.”
—Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of The Freezer Door
See you there!
M
HI
Her review was fabulous to read. Quite an original book review. I assume your interview won't be videotaped and put on you tube, right?
Hope your summer was fun
Rob
What is the best place to buy her book? Powell's online or another Indy bookstore?