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Our December 2023 Selection
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Roxane Gay
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Dear Bianca
Emerging Writer Series
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Leah Mell
10
The Audacious Roundup
For the week of November 27th
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Roxane Gay
2
The NFL Dilemma
The impossibility of the NFL's woman problem
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Aubrey Hirsch
12
Knowing Less
Emerging Writer Series
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Kayleigh Hughes
13
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A Family
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104
We Are All Fragile Creatures
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35
The Matter of My Maiden Name
 • Aubrey Hirsch
24
Size Matters
 • Aubrey Hirsch
16
A White Man's Bad Day
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14
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The Unsettled:
Let’s talk about Cass and the cooperative movement, ARK, that he started in Philadelphia. This plot point is inspired by the 1985 police bombing…
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
2
The Audacious Roundup
For the week of November 20th
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Roxane Gay
8
The Unsettled: All About the Mother
Let’s discuss the Dutchess chapters. We found her really compelling and at times inscrutable. What did you think about Ava’s mother? Why do you …
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
3
The Unsettled: To Be Unsettled
At Glenn Avenue, Ava tells Melvin she’s been seeing things. She says, “I feel like I’m going in reverse, like I can’t get forward. I can’t get t…
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
1
The Audacious Roundup
For the week of November 13th
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Roxane Gay
3
The Unsettled: Home
In the opening scene in the novel, Toussaint returns to one of the homes he’s lived in, the last one where he lived with his mother. Why do you …
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Kaitlyn Adams
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Roxane Gay
3
Tour Dispatch 4
Exeter, Charlotte, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco and looking ahead to the holidays.
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Roxane Gay
15
The Audacity.
The Audacity.
Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.
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