Hear to Slay: Reading is Fundamental (with Kaitlyn Greenidge)

The Roxane Gay Agenda

Books are getting us through a tough year. Novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge talks about what she’s been reading. Tressie and Roxane respond in kind. Plus, their reaction to the Derek Chauvin verdict, and book recommendations from listeners.

Mentions:

Libertie by Kaitlyn Greennidge

• The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
• The Age of Innocence by Eidith Wharton
• Afterparties by Anthony So
• Let the record show: A Political History of ACT UP New York by Sarah Schulman
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
• The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

by Dorothy A. Brown

• World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
• Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
• Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
• My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
• Control Negro- Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
• The Prophets by Roberts Jones Jr.
• Of Women and Salt- Gabriela Garcia
• Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler

Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura. Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Sarah Wyman and Catherine Fenollosa are the producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia and Kaityln Adams. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the interns.

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