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Book 3: ‘An Untamed State’ by Roxane Gay

For the next two weeks, Football Book Club will be reading An Untamed State by Roxane Gay and posting about Zero K by Don DeLillo. Ryan nominated An Untamed State for FBC because, “At face value, An Untamed State, about a young mother kidnapped for ransom in Haiti, is ostensibly the stuff of pulp. But Roxane Gay, based […]

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It’s Cold In Here

By Ryan Joe Note: This week, we were supposed to read half of Zero K, but I ended up powering through the whole thing. So needless to say, there are end-of-the-book spoilers. I have never entirely figured out how to read Don DeLillo – a writer I admire but don’t really enjoy. I haven’t read […]

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Book 2: ‘Zero K’ by Don DeLillo

For the next two weeks, Football Book Club will be reading Zero K by Don DeLillo — and posting about M.R. Carey’s The Girl With all the Gifts. Chandler — who will doubtlessly have a lot to say about RGIII’s latest injury and how it will impact her beloved Browns — nominated Zero K for Football Book Club […]

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