Paul Lask, professor at Portland State University, praised the “Didion-ish details” of The Authenticity Experiment: Lessons From the Best & Worst Year of My Life after Kate’s pop-up reading at Wordstock 2017.
Willamette Week included Kate’s reading at Powell’s on its list of the coolest book events of fall 2017. It was standing room only as Kate shared excerpts from their newest collection, The Authenticity Experiment: Lessons From the Best & Worst Year of My Life.
Willamette Week featured an interview with Kate about the significance of her work, how their editor Judith Kitchen helped shape Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, and how Kate finally feels like they’re wearing the right clothes.
1859: Oregon’s Magazine featured a review of Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear and short interview with Kate about their writing life in Oregon.
Willamette Week recapped the 2016 Oregon Book Awards, including a nod to Kate’s acceptance speech for their win of the creative nonfiction prize for Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear.
In USA Today Steven Petrow pondered the social media implications of Kate’s blog, The Authenticity Experiment, and all that it means to be honest online about our lives.
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“From IKEA to clothes to community, de Gutes asks what it means to be human, to be queer, to be straight, to build a life on integrity.”
Monica Drake
1859
“From its opening pages, the book grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let up. This is masterful writing with sentences that linger on the mind for days after.”
Domingo Martinez
Creative Nonfiction Judge, 2016 Oregon Book Awards
“A triumph of coming to terms with herself and her world.”
Los Angeles Review of Books
