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Join this week's featured author, Aurielle Marie, in our virtual book club series, “Authors and Anecdotes”, as she discusses her poerty book, Gumbo Ya Ya.
Gumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Marie’s stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking reimagination of the world, one where no Black gxrl dies “by the barrel of the law” or “for loving another Black gxrl.” Part familial archival, part map of Black resistance, Gumbo Ya Ya catalogs the wide gamut of Black life at its intersections, with punching cultural commentary and a poetic voice that holds tenderness and sharpness in tandem. It asks us to chew upon both the rich meat and the tough gristle, and in doing so we walk away more whole than we began and thoroughly satisfied.
Click HERE to be directed to the University of Pittsburgh Press website to learn more about Gumbo Ya Ya and for purchasing options. (While we encourage you to read the books ahead of time it is not a requirement to participate in the series.)
Join us as we not only discuss her book, but also dive into Marie's personal literature collection, her favorite readings, and participate in a live Q&A!
About the author: Aurielle Marie is a Black and queer essayist, poet, and cultural strategist hailing from the Deep South. A 2019 Ploughshares Emerging Writer award recipient, she’s received invitations to fellowships from many literary institutions, including Lambda Literary, VONA Voices, and Tin House. Her work is featured in TriQuarterly, Southeast Review, Black Warrior, and other journals. Aurielle Marie writes and speaks about Blackness, bodies, sex, and pop culture from a Black feminist lens.
Thursday, September 16 at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Virtual EventJoin this week's featured author, Aurielle Marie, in our virtual book club series, “Authors and Anecdotes”, as she discusses her poerty book, Gumbo Ya Ya.
Gumbo Ya Ya, Aurielle Marie’s stunning debut, is a cauldron of hearty poems exploring race, gender, desire, and violence in the lives of Black gxrls, soaring against the backdrop of a contemporary South. These poems are loud, risky, and unapologetically rooted in the glory of Black gxrlhood. The collection opens with a heartrending indictment of injustice. What follows is a striking reimagination of the world, one where no Black gxrl dies “by the barrel of the law” or “for loving another Black gxrl.” Part familial archival, part map of Black resistance, Gumbo Ya Ya catalogs the wide gamut of Black life at its intersections, with punching cultural commentary and a poetic voice that holds tenderness and sharpness in tandem. It asks us to chew upon both the rich meat and the tough gristle, and in doing so we walk away more whole than we began and thoroughly satisfied.
Click HERE to be directed to the University of Pittsburgh Press website to learn more about Gumbo Ya Ya and for purchasing options. (While we encourage you to read the books ahead of time it is not a requirement to participate in the series.)
Join us as we not only discuss her book, but also dive into Marie's personal literature collection, her favorite readings, and participate in a live Q&A!
About the author: Aurielle Marie is a Black and queer essayist, poet, and cultural strategist hailing from the Deep South. A 2019 Ploughshares Emerging Writer award recipient, she’s received invitations to fellowships from many literary institutions, including Lambda Literary, VONA Voices, and Tin House. Her work is featured in TriQuarterly, Southeast Review, Black Warrior, and other journals. Aurielle Marie writes and speaks about Blackness, bodies, sex, and pop culture from a Black feminist lens.
Thursday, September 16 at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Virtual Event
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Undergraduate Students, Staff, Alumni, Prospective Students, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Residents & Fellows