Grab a copy of #TheGreatMann by @kyradavis.bsky.social to read a new and superior reading of what Gatsby could have been. It's a great book and I'll never stop talking about it. #BookSky
04.12.2025 17:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Grab a copy of #TheGreatMann by @kyradavis.bsky.social to read a new and superior reading of what Gatsby could have been. It's a great book and I'll never stop talking about it. #BookSky
04.12.2025 17:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thank you!
10.12.2025 23:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Consider this an unofficial gift guide episode of #MadePossibleByPopCulture where I talk to @kyradavis.bsky.social about her latest novel, #TheGreatMann (a reimagining of #TheGreatGatsby set in a very real Black community).
Out now on podcast platforms + YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Hy...
Let me know if you still need my email and I’ll send it along again.
I’ve just been getting so many scam emails I decided having my professional email publicly out on a social media platform might not be best idea ;)
I’d love that! One of the great joys of writing this book was that it allowed me to platform individuals whose names deserve to be remembered but, for the most part, aren’t. I’ve heard from both the grandchildren of Norman Houston & Loren Miller since its publication which has been really gratifying
21.11.2025 22:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming from one of my all time favorite journalists, this is a huge compliment. Thank you!
Signed,
Kyra “NPR-Junkie” Davis Lurie
America has always been a deeply flawed country. We’ve committed atrocities against our minority population. But this particular brand of fascism is new for us.
I don’t think we’ve reversed social progress this quickly since the 1877 demolition of Reconstruction
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Such a fun interview 💙📚
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Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.
08.09.2025 23:30 — 👍 22065 🔁 6825 💬 979 📌 360Misogyny is real. However, he also won over every single male candidate in the republican primary. It’s possible that in addition to misogyny, there’s just a large portion of our population that is attracted to fascism.
07.09.2025 00:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The New York Times is pointing out today what I pointed out yesterday, although I would argue that Black men aren’t fairing so well either 😒
31.08.2025 19:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our government is being purged of Black excellence
29.08.2025 14:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I’ve always believed that those who ask ”Can one separate the art from the artist?” are posing the wrong question. I’m glad to see I’m not alone in my thinking.
29.08.2025 01:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Well this is a nice surprise, one of the rare times when someone quotes something I said/wrote while speaking for myself rather than in the voice of one of my characters
Anyway, thank you! I’m glad this resonated
HARK DAILY - Today's best podcast moments in one playlist, featuring:
- "How f***ed are we?" @jheil.bsky.social @danpfeiffer.bsky.social
- How one racist paragraph in Gatsby sparked a powerful reimagining @kyradavis.bsky.social
- Skibidi! Gen Z slang gets official #ABCStartHere
As the national news gets darker and darker, Californian designer, Willy Chavarria’s last Paris fashion show has become my unexpected comfort food. It’s a reminder that artistry when paired w/identity can make profound political statements in the most unlikely of places.
youtube.com/watch?v=jhLI...
Martial law.
Los Angeles.
Martial law.
Washington, D.C.
He will not stop. This is just the start.
He is a cruel and monstrous evildoer.
Why would anyone think this is a good idea?
Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
As it should be! A truly fantastic read!
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Happy Birthday to a nation that can not be whitewashed in any way, no matter how hard they try.
Shirt by Willy Chavarría, Substack by me:
kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/happy-birt...
I was there you and felt exactly the same way
30.06.2025 22:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"I do hope that on the page, each of these individuals comes across as fully realized."
Ariana Valderrama's interview with @kyradavis.bsky.social on her new book “The Great Mann” (@crownpublishing.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/27/g...
What a wonderful book event for THE GREAT MANN at the Book & Cover in Chattanooga, TN! Absolutely love this bookstore!
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The Great Mann is a great read!!!
19.06.2025 23:50 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
“The Great Mann” by Kyra Davis Lurie. I continue to be proud of my friends who create.
19.06.2025 18:26 — 👍 45 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0What a beautiful review, thank you!
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An amazing night at Chevalier’s Books! It became a full Juneteenth celebration with specialty character themed cocktails, red velvet cake + 15% of proceeds of THE GREAT MANN went to help restore the historic Black neighborhood of Altadena that was ravaged by the fires. A standing-room
-only event!
Had a great conversation with Tanya Acker (of Hot Bench fame) on her podcast. As a minority you frequently find yourself loving the art & work of people who held no love for you. We get into that, using historical fiction to fight back against erasure & more 💙📚
the-tanya-acker-show.captivate.fm
Esquire Magazine’s picks for their best books of summer and my novel, The Great Mann made the list!!
Thank you, Esquire Magazine!!
16.06.2025 23:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A perceptive (& entertaining) piece by Andrew O'Hagan about some literary California girls & boys:
"It appears to be one of the hazards of literary life in America, that if you hire an assistant they will one day write a book about your fridge."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...