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The Women's Hotel: People Pleasing Perils
As a recovering people pleaser (lmao not sure how much I’ve recovered), I felt the subplot about Katherine showing up to court for Kitty quite acutely!
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Roxane Gay
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Opinions, the Paperback Edition
Out now, from your favorite literature purveyor aka independent bookstore
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Roxane Gay
9
Risk Assessments
Emerging Writer Series
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Karin Jones
3
The Women's Hotel: Feminist Concerns
The boarding house/hotel era, as we learned from the novel, was a relatively short era in women’s history.
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Roxane Gay
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The Audacious Roundup
For the week of November 4
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Roxane Gay
36
The Women's Hotel: Quite the Cast of Characters
Getting introduced to the characters living in Danny Lavery’s Women’s Hotel (aka The Biedermeier) felt like showing up to the dorms before school starts…
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Roxane Gay
11
Everything Still Has to be Okay
Right now, though,... things are rough.
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Roxane Gay
29
Everything Has to be Okay
Another year, another election
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Roxane Gay
25
Women's Hotel by Danny Lavery
The Audacious Book Club November Selection
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Roxane Gay
1
The Audacious Roundup
For the week of October 28th
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Roxane Gay
6
Our Dog Has Many Names
The various names and endearments we have for Max
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Roxane Gay
33

October 2024

It's Better This Way
Emerging Writer Series
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Monica Cardenas
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