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The Audacious Round Up

for the Week of August 23

Roxane Gay
Aug 30, 2021
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Why Design Matters by Debbie Millman is available for pre-order. Yes, this link will be available in this newsletter until it goes on sale on 10/26.

Our next book selection is Renunciations by Donika Kelly. Sign up on Literati to join our great discussions about the book of the month. You can register, now, for our conversation with Donika on September 22nd.

And if you missed our conversation with Ashley C. Ford, please do check out the recording.

Tressie, Debbie Millman and I are hosting a writing workshop retreat in July 2022. You can also register for this if you want to spend a weekend with us.

Roxane Gay Books is open for submissions.

“Echoes,” by Aubrey Hirsch is this month’s graphic essay. She also has a comic in Time Magazine.

Loren Laomina offers “Thirteen Thoughts on Reparations, Afropessimism, and White Supremacy.”

In this week’s “Work Friend,” I counsel someone with a meddling reportee, and someone with senior colleagues flaunting their wealth, and someone dealing with the end of the honeymoon at a new job.


My goodness, The New York Times loves writing about the political intrigues of New York’s elite private schools.

Golf carts are a cool way to get around.

An interview with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of Oprah’s latest book club selection!

Sally Rooney on what her job is and isn’t, among other things.

A short story by Amelia Gray.

An essay by Melissa Febos, with a beautiful title.

People need rules for… so many reasons.

An interview with Nia DaCosta.

A professor quit on the spot when a student would not wear her mask properly and good for him.

This is disgusting and that’s all there is to say on the matter.

Karen Attiah goes hard on Beyoncé and Tiffany diamonds. Whew.

Hilma Wolitzer’s 14th book was released this past week.

I don’t even know what to say about this.

This ivermectin nonsense is absolutely unbelievable. And yet.

Inside the Afghan evacuations.

Time’s Up president Tina Tchen has stepped down amidst some truly egregious mistakes.

Hot books fall?

Or hot tub fall?

Padma Lakshmi on how disparaging Indian food is not funny. Or acceptable.

A black film archive.

On the WGAE rift.

White people.

Food Network is getting into scripted films which is… uhh…. interesting!

Somehow Mike Richards still has his job.

This review of Candyman is quite trenchant. I haven’t seen the movie yet so I don’t have an opinion yet.

Literary Jonathans.

An elegy for Aaliyah.

There is a cotton tote crisis and I can attest to this claim’s veracity. Too many totes!

A profile of Jonah Hill.

A profile of Kacey Musgraves.

What happened to all the corporate money pledged to racial justice after George Floyd’s murder?

The last beer brewing nun.

Food delivery robots. Next stop, Skynet.

The supply chain is a MESS.

Pieces by Black ceramics artisans.

Ye olde harsh book reviews.

The legacy of food at Black Southern gas stations.

Succession!


Twitter avatar for @redrumkass5REDRUM 😈🇱🇷 @redrumkass5
Them krates said otherwise 😂😂

August 22nd 2021

14,951 Retweets88,655 Likes
Twitter avatar for @dionnewarwickDionne Warwick @dionnewarwick
I will not be prancing on milk crates and neither should you. 😒

August 23rd 2021

3,612 Retweets35,408 Likes
Twitter avatar for @pettyreligiondoaa. @pettyreligion
nobody gaslight better than horror movie husbands.. they b like “ghosts?? that’s all in ur head!” man ur baby is FLOATING.

August 29th 2021

29,065 Retweets183,531 Likes
Twitter avatar for @CamDiggzMr. Right Nih @CamDiggz
How it started Vs. How it’s going
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August 28th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @dansinker💀 damned sinker 💀 @dansinker
cops quitting because they won't get vaxxed feels like a real two-birds-one-stone situation.

August 26th 2021

5,417 Retweets56,369 Likes
Twitter avatar for @praiselordtayLord @praiselordtay
i made my teacher watch this shit and she put my desk outside

ˢᵉˣ ˢʸᵐᵇᵒˡ @ibesmokinreefer

nah being deadass tho, y'all sat here & enjoyed this fr? 💀 https://t.co/u4WehRdOde

August 25th 2021

15,099 Retweets135,988 Likes
Twitter avatar for @fa1sonTeezy Da Great @fa1son
The realest pic I’ve seen this week:
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August 25th 2021

40,045 Retweets206,280 Likes
Twitter avatar for @DudespostingWsDudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs
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August 25th 2021

9,670 Retweets177,435 Likes
Twitter avatar for @solomonmissouriSoaking 🤌🏿 @solomonmissouri
Bud ...

Praise 1025 Atlanta @praise1025

Dell Curry & Sonya Curry To Divorce After 30+ Years Of Marriage https://t.co/GzbNAirf8t

August 23rd 2021

20,660 Retweets95,241 Likes
Twitter avatar for @DanRatherDan Rather @DanRather
The idea that these vaccines came out of nowhere is a failure of science communication with tragic results. They're the result of DECADES of basic research in MULTIPLE fields building on the BREADTH and DEPTH of human knowledge. That’s how science works. And it's awe inspiring.

August 23rd 2021

21,080 Retweets96,182 Likes
Twitter avatar for @criscesmoonkyra @criscesmoon
i wish someone understood the random very deep breath i have to take every once in a while throughout my day

August 23rd 2021

67,929 Retweets426,908 Likes
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Kim B
Sep 7, 2021

I'm having trouble registering for the Sept 22 book club on Zoom. Is there a link to register that I'm missing? Thx!

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