The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #193: C.J. Farley
“My novel tries to write the contributions of men and women of color back in.”
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...moreLiterary events in and around L.A. this week!
...moreLydia Kiesling discusses her debut novel, THE GOLDEN STATE.
...moreBethany C. Morrow discusses her debut novel, MEM, how it felt to read Toni Morrison for the first time, and her hope for Black girl readers.
...moreTara Betts discusses her newest collection, Break the Habit, the burden placed on black women artists to be both artist and activist, and why writing is rooted in identity.
...moreOver at the New Yorker, Lydia Kiesling writes about workplace fiction, typically seen as a male-centric dominion overseen by writers like Kafka, as written by women from Helen Phillips in The Beautiful Bureaucrat to Terry McMillan in How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
...moreCole Lavalais discusses her debut novel, Summer of the Cicadas, why she’s a huge fan of outlining, and the importance of dedicated communities for black writers.
...moreThe more variation we see in life, the more it becomes less about seeing one type of book by marginalized people.
...moreRomance novels can’t erase the past, and the present. Chapter by chapter, they do strive toward agency.
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