Join the Library and Loyalty Bookstores fo r a celebration of one of the most anticipated\, fantastic satires in year s! \;Hot Girls with Balls \;author Benedict Nguyá»…n will be joined by journalist Serena Zets for a conversation on queerness\, humor\, and creativity in its many forms. \;
\nBooks will be fo r sale at the event.
\n\nAbout the Book \;
In this outrageous and deeply serious satire\, two star indoor vol
leyball players juggle unspoken jealousies in their off-court romance ahea
d of their rival teams&rsquo\; first rematch in a year
Six is 6&pr ime\;7&Prime\;\, scheming to rejoin the starting lineup\, and barely check s her phone. Green is 6&prime\;1&Prime\;\, always building her brand\, and secretly jealous of her more famous girlfriend. Together\, they&rsquo\;re going where no Asian American trans woman has gone before: the men&rsquo\ ;s pro indoor volleyball league. Our hot girls with balls just thought pla ying with the boys would spare them some controversy . . . haha.
\nI n between their rival teams&rsquo\; away games across the globe\, Six and Green stay connected on SpaceTime and selflessly broadcast their romance t o fans on their weekly Instagraph live show. After a long season\, they&rs quo\;ll finally reunite for the championship tournament\, the first to acc ommodate in-person fans since the COVIS pandemic struck the world a year a go. Just as they enter an airtight bro bubble of the world&rsquo\;s best\, they&rsquo\;re faced with a crisis that demands an indisputably humiliati ng task: make a public statement online.
\nCan Green stock up enough clout for her post-ball future? Can Six girlboss her team&rsquo\;s senior ity politics? Can they both take a time-out to just grieve? Their rabid fa ns and horny haters await their next move. We&rsquo\;re all just desperate for a whiff of the sweaty feminine energy that makes that ball thwack wit h such spectacular force.
\nAbout the Author
B
ENEDICT NGUYỄN \;is a dancer and gym buff. Between pistol squats
and muscle-ups\, she works as a creative producer in live performance. Sh
e&rsquo\;s written for \;The Baffler\, \;BOMB\, \;Los Angeles
Review of Books\, \;Vanity Fair\, \;The Brooklyn Rail\, \;The
Margins\, and other publications. In 2022\, she published nasty notes\, a
redacted email zine on freelance labor. \;Hot Girls with Balls \;i
s her first novel.
About the Conversation Partner
SERENA ZETS \;is an essayist and journalist in Washington\, D.C.
by way of Appalachia. They are a regular contributor at \;Washington
City Paper \;and write weekly for \;730DC. They've received fellow
ships from Just Media and Zenith Cooperative to support their writing abou
t D.C.'s social movements.