Hoy’s renditions of all-too familiar scenes are made more visceral than life with sparkling prose and a sly attention to life’s many shifting values that feels more than appropriate for anyone truly interested in art.

Natasha Stagg, author of Artless (2023)

Whimsical writer and art critic Estelle Hoy reads from her latest book of essays, followed by a reading hologram of Chris Kraus specially recorded for this occasion, a conversation with editor Antonia Carrara, and the release of Hoy’s writing fanzine, just sent to press by After 8 Books!

Bringing together satire and introspection, saké blue, scrambles art twisted plots, cultural clichés, sex, activism, boredom, and the life of the mind.


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