The Audacious Round Up
For the week of May 9th
Keep up with the Joel Gay Creative Fellows, Jet Toomer, Jesus Rodriguez, and Elspeth Michaels.
The May selection for The Audacious Book Club is Memphis by Tara Stringfellow. We will be in conversation with Tara on May 24th. Registration is open.
I am reading submissions to The Audacity’s Emerging Writer Series. Read the guidelines and submit your best writing. Submissions will be open until I have 24 essays.
Don’t Forget: Why Design Matters by Debbie Millman.
If you’re looking for a nice notebook, check out my new Draft Writing Journal from Baron Fig.
On The Roxane Gay Agenda this week, I am in conversation with disability activist, writer and actor Imani Barbarin.
The 2022 Tony nominations are out and the wonderful A Strange Loop leads with eleven.
Also, the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were announced.
Steve Schmidt went scorched earth about his time working with John McCain, and he particularly hates Megan McCain which, well, that doesn’t need any explanation.
Baristas around the country are organizing!
A celebration of Bitch Magazine.
On the Black Panthers and their excellent community support.
Writer Alissa Nutting’s Grub Street quarantine diet.
Golfers and greed and Saudi Arabia.
Did you attend an HBCU? The 19th is hiring for a fellowship for people who went to an HBCU.
The people who participated in The Great Resignation got… new jobs. Which, of course! What else would they have done?
Destigmatize talking about periods! Let the blood talk flow.
Literary magazine The Believer was bought by a sex toy company for $225,000. It’s a strange, terribly sad story.
RIP Fred Ward who starred in classics like Tremors. Such a great actor. RIP also to Naomi Judd who died by suicide.
Is it COVID or allergies?
There is a baby formula shortage that is a real crisis because lots of babies need formula and it’s their only food source. Given that we are on the verge of being a country where people are forced to give birth, this seems… pretty important to pay attention to.
A couple in TN woke up to a very good dog in their bed only it was not their dog.
A new book looks at the decline of the magazine industry. How things change.
Supreme Court justices are worried about privacy and safety as people protest peacefully outside their homes. You literally cannot make this stuff up.
George Carlin’s brilliant humor lives on. It is timeless.
A conversation with Parker Posey as she tries something different in a new role.
Medical professionals are starting to think about how to navigate a post Roe v. Wade world.
Nearly thirty years ago, two queer women were murdered while out in the wilderness. And since then, many queer folks have had to ask themselves if such a crime could happen again.
Patti Lupone, who is flawless, had some words for an audience member wearing her mask improperly.
Author Rick Riordan had words for racist fans of his books who are mad that a young black girl has been cast in a role for the forthcoming television adaptation. It’s wonderful to see an author addressing toxicity in his fan community. We all need to do this if and when the situations arise.
Mia Khalifa is rebranding herself.
Author Melissa Febos writes about getting a breast reduction.
Cluttercore? Ummm…. no thank you.
A review of Hernan Diaz’s Trust which is the June selection for the Audacious Book Club.
Sometimes, a restaurant review is so very artful.
A woman who has worked as a dog walker for more than twenty years.
Morgan Jerkins profiles Naomi Osaka.
Lindsay Hunter writes about being a mother of two, facing an unplanned pregnancy and having to make a choice.
An 89-year old South Carolina cook now has a cookbook of her own.
I am sending my mother the "Clutter Core" article as proof that I am on trend and she can back off.
Also, I can’t wait for July!!!!!!