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ABOUT

Favorite book from the last year and why?

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"I enjoyed these essays because they were hilarious and honest. Irby talks to us like we’re sitting next to her on the couch holding a glass of vino!”

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TOYA WOLFE

​Toya Wolfe grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago’s South Side. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.

Her writing has appeared in African Voices, Chicago Journal, Chicago Reader, Hair Trigger 27, and WarpLand. She is the recipient of the

Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head Fiction Award, the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Short Story Competition, and the Betty Shifflet/John Schultz Short Story Award.

 

She currently resides in Chicagoland.

Last Summer on State Street is her debut novel. 

What book are you looking forward to reading in the year ahead?

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What is your favorite bookstore?

Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery in Chicago, IL

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Articles Toya Recommends

Margaret Atwood’s Dream Dinner Party

By Dawn Davis

By Michaela Coel 

Girls Girls Girls

By Roxane Gay

Sometimes Pain is Something to be Grateful for

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HER (Eau De Toilette) 

By Burberry

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By Pilot

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Toya’s Favorite Things

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What are you currently watching?

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Abbott Elementary 

Stranger Things 

The Time Traveler’s Wife 

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What is one podcast you highly recommend?

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