ROXANE GAY HUNGER DENVER FREE
At first, the free babysitting, the endless buffets and the novelty of having every need cared for lulls the parents into a blissful state. “Do Not Become Alarmed,” Maile Meloy (Riverhead): Two California couples and their four children head out on a Christmas cruise to Central America. It almost certainly will revive the old comparisons to Dickens, Naipaul and Garcia Marquez. “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” tells the stories of a huge cast of characters in Old Delhi and the new city, stretching across generations and even to the mountains of Kashmir. “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” Arundhati Roy (Knopf): Fans of Roy have been waiting for 20 years for a new work of fiction from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of “The God of Small Things” (astonishingly, Roy’s first novel - how is that even possible?). Maum has a lot of fun poking fun at our tech- and self-obsessed lives, but she also offers a compassionate plea for the importance of family, real human interaction and empathy. Meanwhile her boyfriend has become a social media star for touting the concept of non-penetrative sex.
ROXANE GAY HUNGER DENVER PRO
“Touch,” Courtney Maum (Putnam): The author of “ I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You” takes on trend forecasting in this sharp, funny satire about a forecaster famous for her anti-child, pro technology stance who begins to sense that what people really want is connection, not more devices.
What could go wrong? Only the fact that “perfect” never works when it comes to human beings. Resources are endless, the parents eager, the children loved (even if they don’t know which kid belongs to which parent). His goal: Shape 19 parents (one is a teenage single mom) and 10 children into a communal family. Wilson explores the boundaries and intricacies of family with humor and insight in this story about a child psychologist’s experiment to create a perfect world. “Perfect Little World,” Kevin Wilson (Ecco): This novel from the author of the hilarious “The Family Fang” came out earlier this year, but chances are you haven’t read it yet. Ko highlights in devastating fashion the pain of families torn apart and the struggle to find equilibrium in a foreign land. Ko’s striking debut novel, which alternates between the viewpoints of Deming and his mother, won 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for books that highlight social justice issues, and its unflinching look at the immigrant experience could not be more timely. They adopt him, but at 20, struggling with a gambling addiction, Deming - now Daniel - decides to find out what happened to to his mom. Visit /IndyBookClub to learn more.“The Leavers,” Lisa Ko (Algonquin): Deming Guo is a fifth grader when his Chinese immigrant mother disappears and he is sent to live in upstate New York with a white academic couple. In reading Hunger by Roxane Gay this February. Join the Indy Book Club, a partnership between the Santa Barbara Independent and Santa Barbara Public Library, ? This event includes an at-home viewing option
Gay also co-hosts the podcast Hear to Slay, pens the Work Friend column for The New York Times and was the first black woman to write for Marvel Comics.īooks will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer's Her collection of essays, Bad Feminist, is a quintessential exploration of modern feminism, and her books – including An Untamed State, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Graceful Burdens and Difficult Women – are celebrated for their honesty and humor. Roxane Gay brilliantly critiques the ebb and flow of modern culture with wit and ferocity. Proves that some of us are lucky.” – Roxane Gay “Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. “A strikingly fresh cultural critic.” Washington Post