This program is free and open to the public. Gay will be joined by her collaborators, writer Tracy Lynne Oliver and artist Rebecca Kirby, to discuss “The Sacrifice of Darkness” and talk about their creative and collaborative processes. Roxane Gay is the author of the books “Ayiti,” “An Untamed State,” “Bad Feminist,” “Difficult Women” and “Hunger: A Memoir of My Body.” She is also the author of “World of Wakanda” for Marvel and the editor of “Best American Short Stories 2018.” She is currently at work on film and television projects, a book of writing advice, an essay collection about television and culture, and a YA novel entitled “The Year I Learned Everything.” In 2018, she won a Guggenheim fellowship. As they challenge the world’s notions of identity, guilt, and survival, they find that no matter the darkness, there remain sources of hope that can pierce the veil. The book follows a woman and a man’s powerful journey through this new landscape as they discover love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. “The Sacrifice of Darkness” is a new original graphic novel from BOOM! Studios, based on Roxane Gay’s short story “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness.” This full-length graphic novel expands the short story about a tragic event that forever bathes the world in darkness. As she challenges notions of identity, guilt, and survival she’ll find that no matter the darkness, there remains sources of hope that can pierce the veil.EVERETT, WA – Join New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay, writer Tracy Lynne Oliver and artist Rebecca Kirby for a live conversation about their graphic novel “The Sacrifice of Darkness.” The free virtual program will be hosted by Everett Public Library on Thursday, Dec.

Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver ,and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times bestselling short story “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness” as a full-length graphic novel, expanding an unforgettable world where a tragic event forever bathes the world in darkness.įollow one woman’s powerful journey through this new landscape as she discovers love, family, and the true light in a world seemingly robbed of any. Since then, the days have been dark, the nights bright.” “When I was a young girl, my husband’s father flew an air machine into the sun.

Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby adapt Gay’s New York Times bestelling short story “We Are the Sacrifice of Darkness” as a full length graphic novel, expanding and further developing the unforgettable world where the sun no longer shines.

The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay