One week into WOM4N, our month of celebrating female writers, we have an extraordinary interview in which our new favourite feminist interviews our favourite girl. Roxane Gay, a professor of English and creative writing at Purdue University and writer of Bad Feminist, a collection of astounding essays surrounding historical, contemporary and cultural feminism, talks to Lena Dunham, author of the very recently released Not That Kind of Girl about Lena’s compendium of advice, hilarious stories and life lessons. These two female icons speak about Oprah’s world domination, Girls, writing, feminism (of course), dealing with criticism and Twitter feuds.
Roxane Gay: Hello.
Lena Dunham: Hi. I’m such your crazy fan. I love both your books so much. I can’t believe they came out in the same year. And every time I read something about you or by you, I’m just screaming, “Go, go, go!” I’m so psyched! And I can’t say enough how grateful I am that you read the book so thoughtfully.
We understand just how unpleasant a Monday can be. We really do. Especially on a day like today, when the weather is unbearable and the temperature seems to have dropped to nothing. So, with this in mind, we thought we’d give away something very, very special to brighten up the start of your week. How would you like to win one of TEN copies of Not That Kind of Girl, the debut long awaited and already fantastically received novel from Lena Dunham? Read more…
What’s better than drinking in all of that coming of age wisdom? Listening to Lena talk you through it herself. Not That Kind Of Girl takes confessional writing to a whole new level, and her candour is delightfully translated in the cadences of that very famous voice. Steal a listen at an excerpt from the audiobook – her narration will colour the greyest of commutes. Read more…
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While our summer certainly feels like it’s over (or at least dwindling rapidly…), Lena Dunham’s is not. The actor, director, producer AND writer of the upcoming Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned has instagrammed her summer reading list – a nice collation of book porn to keep us going through this British autumnal blip. Read more…
Five things to see and read, and even a theory-related game to play? It must be this week’s Five from 4th Estate. Read more…
