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Publishers Weekly - How ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’ by Freda Epum Got Made
Brittle Paper - Freda Epum’s Forthcoming Memoir Explores Living with Disability in America
Shelf Awareness - Image of the Day: Freda Epum at Call & Response Books
Lists
Paste Magazine - Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books and Memoirs of 2025
Ms. Magazine - Reads for the Rest Of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025
BET – 8 Must Read Books by Black Authors Dropping in 2025
Book Riot – New Releases and More for January 14, 2025
CLMP – Books Launching in January 2025
LitHub – 27 New Books Out Today
Women in Academic Report – “Recent Books of Interest”
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - “Recent Books of Interest”
Debutiful - 10 noteworthy debut books you should read this January
Marin County Independent – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Orange County Register – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Press Telegram – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Write or Die – 20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read January 25, 1/2/25
Chicago Review of Books - Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Debutiful - Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2025 Part 1
Publisher's Weekly - Fall 2024 Adult Preview: Memoirs & Biographies
Movers & Makers - SW Ohio artists, organizations receive thousands in state funding
Interviews
Foglifter – Rachel León Interviews Freda Epum
Memoirland – Memoirland Author Questionnaire
The Stranger Seattle - Freda Epum Will Blow Your Mind
Write or Die Magazine - Freda Epum: On Intersectional Identities, Alienation, the Vicarious Pleasure of House Hunting Reality TV, and Her Memoir ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’
WVXU - 'It's Visceral': Program Makes Diversity & Inclusion Training More Immersive
Miami University: Where are they now? Spotlight
Podcasts
Debutiful - First Taste: Freda Epum Reads from The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Black to Nature Podcast by Stefanie Dunning featuring the Black American Tree Project
Reviews
Bending Genres - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Britta Stromeyer
Library Journal - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Kirkus Reviews - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Publishers Weekly - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Coffee Over Apples - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Publishers Weekly - How ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’ by Freda Epum Got Made
Brittle Paper - Freda Epum’s Forthcoming Memoir Explores Living with Disability in America
Shelf Awareness - Image of the Day: Freda Epum at Call & Response Books
Lists
Paste Magazine - Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books and Memoirs of 2025
Ms. Magazine - Reads for the Rest Of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025
BET – 8 Must Read Books by Black Authors Dropping in 2025
Book Riot – New Releases and More for January 14, 2025
CLMP – Books Launching in January 2025
LitHub – 27 New Books Out Today
Women in Academic Report – “Recent Books of Interest”
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - “Recent Books of Interest”
Debutiful - 10 noteworthy debut books you should read this January
Marin County Independent – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Orange County Register – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Press Telegram – 36 New Books Coming in early 2025
Write or Die – 20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read January 25, 1/2/25
Chicago Review of Books - Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025
Debutiful - Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2025 Part 1
Publisher's Weekly - Fall 2024 Adult Preview: Memoirs & Biographies
Movers & Makers - SW Ohio artists, organizations receive thousands in state funding
Interviews
Foglifter – Rachel León Interviews Freda Epum
Memoirland – Memoirland Author Questionnaire
The Stranger Seattle - Freda Epum Will Blow Your Mind
Write or Die Magazine - Freda Epum: On Intersectional Identities, Alienation, the Vicarious Pleasure of House Hunting Reality TV, and Her Memoir ‘The Gloomy Girl Variety Show’
WVXU - 'It's Visceral': Program Makes Diversity & Inclusion Training More Immersive
Miami University: Where are they now? Spotlight
Podcasts
Debutiful - First Taste: Freda Epum Reads from The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Black to Nature Podcast by Stefanie Dunning featuring the Black American Tree Project
Reviews
Bending Genres - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show by Britta Stromeyer
Library Journal - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Kirkus Reviews - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Publishers Weekly - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show
Coffee Over Apples - Review of The Gloomy Girl Variety Show