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ROZ CHAST
Roz Chast's cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978, where she has since published more than one thousand. She is the author of the graphic memoirs “Going Into Town” (Winner of the New York City Book Award) and the #1 New York Times bestseller (100+ weeks) “Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?”, a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize winner and finalist for the National Book Award;” What I Hate: From A to Z”; and her cartoon collections “The Party, After You Left” and “Theories of Everything”, among others. Her latest book, "I Must Be Dreaming," explores the surreal nighttime world inside her mind-and untangles one of our most enduring human mysteries: dreams.
TRACY K. SMITH
Tracy K. Smith is a librettist, a translator, and the author of five acclaimed poetry collections, including Life on Mars, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award. From 2017 to 2019, she served as the twenty-second Poet Laureate of the United States.
CURTIS SITTENFELD
Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including Rodham, Eligible, Prep, American Wife, and Sisterland, as well as the collection You Think It, I’ll Say It. Her most recent novel, Romantic Comedy, was a Reese's Book Club Pick. Her novels have been translated into thirty languages. In addition, her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, and The Best American Short Stories, for which she has also been the guest editor. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Vanity Fair, and on public radio’s This American Life.
NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND
NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND is a bedroom punk band from PDX. The band is now celebrating the release of their first full-length album titled “BIG AND KIND,” and the release of their second music video, “BODY.” This June NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND was voted Best New Band in Portland, and also recorded a live session with KEXP! Inspired by bad days, kindness, and taking up space, NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND makes rock existential. Their music experiments with gender and sexuality through self-expression, siren-esque melodies, and reverberating instrumentals. The band hopes to spread validation and happiness through sound. Their music serves as a platform to make people feel seen by personifying their own experiences with sexual assault, queerness, gender expectations, and relationships.
Photographer: Mick Hangland-Skill