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When Did Reading Become So Hot? the erotics of reading in an age of performance. “People don’t always want to read. They want to be perceived as someone who reads.” #booktok #reader #bookaesthetic #bookstagram #readingculture

This semester has been sooo long and stressful, I’ve been remiss in sharing some fun publicity I’ve enjoyed this year! :) I’m grateful to these fine folks who have shouted out GALLOWAY 🐷 and I’m quite chuffed to be sharing this now! I’m a NYPL boy?? Who would’ve thunk!

My @_lithub essay on How to Create Brown Community (link in bio) was born after this box of magic arrived on my doorstep in Nashville, where I was living/teaching at the time, 10 (!) years ago. Stay tuned for a bunch of notes this fall on how all these essays are still so relevant, and how many of them were ahead of their time.🌻 8/9/2016: A box full of magic has arrived on my doorstep. I'm holding the first copy of my decade-long journey of a book in my hands for the first time. Can't believe it. Can't believe it. #GoodGirlsMarryDoctors

Sisters in Yellow was a work of fiction that taught me a lot about how women live in the margins in Japan. However, it never hooked me. Full review on the site. @kawakami_mieko @aaknopf @goodreads @_lithub @champaignpubliclibrary @indianriverlibrary @pageonebooks #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #read #reading

I SO enjoyed this story! Sally Hepworth created some quirky characters, and they were just as intriguing as the mystery. Full review on the site. #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #read #reading

All available online! If you're reading this on IG, you'll find all the links in Stories (for the next 24 hrs!)

Pateema Sabit’s debut novel tells the story of one family through a cacophony of voices. How many different versions of a life are there? I will be looking forward to Ms. Sabit’s next novel. Full review on the site. @the_next_good_book @champaignpubliclibrary @indianriverlibrary @goodreads @bookofthemonth @_lithub #afghanistan #literary #fiction #books #booksbooksbooks

New article with @literaryhub via @redhenpress . While Otessa and I no longer write together, this piece is about when we did.

What we’re reading this week: pieces from @aeonmag @nationmag @lareviewofbooks @clereviewbooks @_lithub and more! Check out our roundup at the link in our bio.

I’m truly honored to be on the @memoirnation podcast as part of the launch of WHEN WE’RE BORN WE FORGET EVERYTHING 💫 I loved speaking with such deep & thoughtful hosts, @brooke_warner and @grantfaulkner , about the healing practice of writing spiritual memoir 🧿 excited to continue book tour in Ann Arbor, Cincinnati, Berkeley and Seattle this spring! Listen to the episode here: /podcast

Celebrating Professor Amie Reilly’s (@amiesouzareilly ) latest publication in Lit Hub (@literaryhub , The Responsibility of the Critic: On Art, Honesty, and Introspection. AMIE SOUZA REILLY: “A WRITER MUST LOOK INWARD TO DETERMINE HOW THEIR OWN PERCEPTIONS MIGHT PROJECT ONTO THEIR THEORIZING.” #sacredheartuniversity #facultypublications #shuenglish

George Saunders latest novel “Vigil” makes you think. I would love to have a conversation with this author. What monumental ideas he tinkers with in his books. Full review on the site. @champaignpubliclibrary @indianriverlibrary @goodreads @_lithub @the_next_good_book #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #georgesaunders #fiction