Enter to win Matt Ortile's witty debut, 'The Groom Will Keep His Name'
Five books, five winners! 📚
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The kind folks over at Bold Type Books have contributed ~five~ copies of The Groom Will Keep His Name by Catapult magazine editor Matt Ortile, a debut essay collection spanning stories on sex, dating and identity from a gay Filipino immigrant navigating race and resistance in America. As a token of appreciation, we’re going to open up this giveaway to *all* sign-ups. Paying subscriber entries will count twice! Giveaway closes at 8 p.m. EST on Friday, Sept. 18.
Praise for The Groom Will Keep His Name
“With intelligence, wit, and his heart on his sleeve, Matt Ortile examines cruising and one-night stands, DMs and texts, relationships and whateverships that helped him interrogate his queer desire, race, complicity in white supremacy, and solidarity with other marginalized people.”
—Kirkus Reviews
"[Ortile] traverses a multitude of humorous and painful experiences with incisiveness and empathy."
—Bitch Media
“Matt Ortile writes this book as a kind of open invitation to readers, exploring themes of family (chosen and otherwise), relationships, race and identity with refreshing wit and vulnerability. Some of his essays might remind you of favorite conversations you've had with your sharpest, smartest friends-if you're very lucky, that is, and happen to have friends as thoughtful and brilliant as he is. Wry, funny, and poignant by turns, The Groom Will Keep His Name is an honest and moving account of a young immigrant's evolving understanding of himself, as well as the two countries he's called home.”
—Nicole Chung, author of All You Can Ever Know
Giveaway rules
Entrants must be sign-ups of the Foreign Bodies Newsletter and must have a valid U.S. mailing address. You may only enter once and must use the email address affiliated with your account. Each entry will be assigned a number and winner(s) will be chosen using the Random Integer Generator. Paying subscriber and gift recipient entries will count twice. Winner(s) will be notified via email and your gift will come personally packaged in the mail.
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