The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti's richest sons, she has an adoring husband, a precocious infant son, by all appearances a perfect life. Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. In An Untamed State, she delivers an assured debut about a woman kidnapped for ransom, her captivity as her father refuses to pay and her husband fights for her release over thirteen days, and her struggle to come to terms with the ordeal in its aftermath. Roxane Gay is a powerful new literary voice whose short stories and essays have already earned her an enthusiastic audience. This event is also hosted by Independent Publishers Caucus, Grove Atlantic, and Soho Press. This is an Indie Playlist event, created to support your local independent bookstore! Please consider buying these two brilliant books from our wonderful bookstore partner Left Bank Books! This event will be moderated by Anderson Tepper, co-chair of the international committee of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Roxane Gay ( Untamed State, Bad Feminist) and Okey Ndibe ( Arrows of Rain, Foreign Gods, Inc.) discuss their transformative debut novels and explore the concept of courage amid chaos. Indie bookstores and indie presses partner to present this compelling conversation between two brilliant writers. Roxane Gay and Okey Ndibe discuss their transformative debut novels and explore the concept of courage in a chaotic time.
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