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My Reading Life: Fetishized author Kaila Yu reads and writes about body
In her debut memoir-in-essays, former model Kaila Yu writes about being an object of Asian fetish with a sharp eye and eye-opening candor. Throughout Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty, Yu peels back the curtain on the personal, cultural, and historical forces that shaped her self-image, exposing how pop culture, colonialism, and desire intertwined to distort both her sense of beauty and her sense of self.
We asked her to answer our My Reading Life questionnaire so readers could get to know the books that shaped her life and influenced her debut book.
Continue reading “My Reading Life: Fetishized author Kaila Yu reads and writes about body”My Reading Life: This Is Your Mother author Erika J. Simpson wants teens to sink into worlds they love
Erika J. Simpson, author of the memoir This Is Your Mother, is a recent transplant to Denver after spending her life in the South. She received her MFA from the University of Kentucky and received the 2021 MFA Award in Nonfiction. Her essay “If You Ever Find Yourself” was published in Roxane Gay’s The Audacity and featured in Best American Essays 2022.
Her memoir is a powerful reckoning with legacy, loss, and the shifting terrain between mother and daughter. Through scripture-steeped memories and raw reflections, Erika Simpson traces her mother’s mythic resilience and the moment it gave way to mortality. In peeling back the layers of her mother’s story, she uncovers her own.
We asked her to answer our recurring My Reading Life questionnaire so readers could get to know her, and the books that shaped her life, better.
Continue reading “My Reading Life: This Is Your Mother author Erika J. Simpson wants teens to sink into worlds they love”6 writers recommend books you’re guaranteed to fall in love with
It’s a daunting task to recommend books to someone. What’s their taste, what mood are they in, how do they feel about certain genres, and countless other questions run through my head. So, instead of asking writers to give me recommendations on the spot, I’ve asked them to share books they love. No other qualifications. Just hit Debutiful readers with a book (or a few) they love and think readers will love as well. And, boy, did they deliver!
Here are February’s writer recommendations that Debutiful’s favorite writers guarantee you’ll fall in love with.
Continue reading “6 writers recommend books you’re guaranteed to fall in love with”Debutiful’s Favorite Non-Debut Books of 2024
Since starting Debutiful in 2019, I have pitted myself in a cavern of debut books. Still, I find time to read classics (time was spent with Gothic horror this year) and new releases from favorite writers. Below are my six favorite non-debut books I read this year.
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Can’t-Miss Debut Books You Should Read This November
Every month, Debutiful selects can’t-miss books from debut authors that readers will love. You can find more recommendations here.
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Joe Pompeo Discusses The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
If you thought Sarah Koenig and Serial was the first time a true crime gripped the country, think again. Vanity Fair corresponded Joe Pompeo‘s new book Blood & Ink reveals the long-running obsession America has had with true crime by taking us back to the time of Gatsby.
The book follows the murder of the Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills, a choir singer from his church he was having an affair with. Pompeo expertly unravels the crime as well as examines why we as a society are so obsessed with crime in general.
Pompeo chatted with Debutiful to discuss his background, obsession, and research.
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