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Roxane Gay, Debbie Millman

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We’re thrilled to announce the relaunch The Rumpus Book Club.* Our monthly author discussions will begin on June 30th at 7pm ET with Ann Patchett. Host Debbie Millman will be speaking with Ann about her storied career, Parnassus Books and, of course, her new, bestselling novel, Whistler, which Kirkus described as, “an evocative and moving tribute to the death-defying, heart-opening, infinitely redemptive power of storytelling.” Debbie will be speaking with Ann for 45 minutes and then will open up the conversation to include questions from the audience.

ANN PATCHETT is the author of ten novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House,Tom Lake, and the forthcoming Whistler. She was a guest editor of Best American Short Stories and has written four books of nonfiction–Truth & Beauty, What now?, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, and These Precious Days. She has collaborated with illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser on three children’s books, Lambslide, Escape Goat, and The Verts. She also released an annotated version of one of her most beloved novels, Bel Canto.

Patchett has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Humanities Medal and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her novel, The Dutch House, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a frequent contributor for The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and The New York Times. Her books have been both New York Times Notable Books and New York Times bestsellers, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

In November, 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee. She has since become a spokesperson for independent booksellers, championing books and bookstores on NPR, PBS Newshour, and the TODAY Show. She was the inaugural ambassador for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC), and she founded the Parnassus Books Foundation, which gives books to children in Title I schools in Nashville.

Please register HERE and join us on June 30th at 7pm.

*PSA: There have been some scam e-mails purportedly sent from The Rumpus, soliciting authors for our book club for a fee. Please disregard these e-mails. Official Rumpus e-mails will always come from therumpus.net, from a senior editor on our official masthead, and we do not charge authors to be featured in our book club. Money flows to the writer. Never forget!

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Roxane Gay, Debbie Millman

Roxane Gay: Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, Hunger, Opinions, and others. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. Roxane was the founding Essays Editor for The Rumpus and is now the site editor and co-owner. You can find her at roxanegay.com.

Debbie Millman: Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman has built a remarkable career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary. For the past 22 years, she has hosted the award-winning podcast Design Matters, where she has interviewed more than 700 creative luminaries. Debbie is also the author of eight books. Her most recent book, Love Letter to a Garden, was published in 2025.

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