Roxane Gay Live at the Open Air Literatur Festival in Zurich 2019

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Hope Lee • Leave a comment

Roxane Gay’s work has been seminal for feminist and fat liberation movements around the world. She draws on her own experiences about trauma, body image, feminist ideals, and Haitian and Black identity. Seeing her talk about her two most popular books Bad Feminist and Hunger: A memoir of (My) Body. I used Gay’s feminist text … Continue reading →

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Interview fail: Han Kang author event at the Kaufleuten in Zurich

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Hope Lee • 1 Comment

I have been attending author events at the Kaufleuten in Zurich since I moved to Switzerland. They are great things for the community and I think they can encourage reading, multilingual boarder-crossing, and intellectual discussions about literature from around the world. I recently went to Han Kang’s talk/interview about her book, The Vegetarian. I have … Continue reading →