<p>In this episode of What Are You Reading? debut novelist&nbsp;<strong>Stephanie Sy-Quia</strong>&nbsp;shares what she's been reading and talks about her new book,&nbsp;<em>A Private Man</em>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Stephanie Sy-Quia&nbsp;was born in California in 1995 and is based in London. Her writing and criticism have been published in&nbsp;<em>The Guardian</em>,&nbsp;<em>The White Review</em>,&nbsp;<em>The Boston Review</em>,&nbsp;<em>Granta</em>,&nbsp;and elsewhere. Her debut poetry collection&nbsp;<em>Amnion</em>,&nbsp;published in the UK by Granta Poetry in 2021, received a Somerset Maugham Award and was a Poetry Book Society Winter Recommendation; was longlisted for the Rathbones Folio and RSL Ondaatje Prizes; and won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She is the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award and is a fourth-generation teacher.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club&nbsp;<a href="https://allstora.com/pages/gays-reading-book-club?utm_source=host_jasonblitman&amp;utm_medium=host&amp;utm_campaign=gays_reading&amp;utm_content=podcast_ig_bio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://gaysreading.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>SUBSTACK!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://gaysreading.printful.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>MERCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@gaysreading" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>CONTACT! </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>