The Audacity.

The Audacity.

The Audacious Conversation with Savala Nolan

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Roxane Gay
Mar 10, 2026
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The cover of Savala Nolan's new essay collection "Good Woman" which has a neon pink background and on top of that, the book's title and author name in a light grey, serif typeface; in the lower left corner, a hand wrapped around a green cactus. Next to the cover image, a photo of the author taken by Senay Inanic

SAVALA NOLAN is an essayist and professor who writes about race, bodies, and gender. She helped create the Peabody Award–winning podcast The Promise, and directs the social justice program at UC Berkeley, School of Law, where she teaches about the role of identity in lawyering. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Harper’s magazine, The New York Times B…

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