Masuma Ahuja | Girlhood

What:

We are delighted to launch Masuma Ahuja's new book Girlhood: Teens around the World in Their Own Voices. She will appear in conversation with Rainesford Stauffer to celebrate the launch.

• This event is free to attend, but registration is required. You can register for the event here. Once you register, you will receive an invitation to join the event.
• NOTE: Because this is a virtual event that will be hosted on Zoom, you will need access a computer or other device that is capable of accessing the internet at a sufficient bandwidth. If you have not used Zoom before, don't worry: It's easy! Here's a quick reference guide to help you get oriented: Getting Started with Zoom

When:

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, 6:00pm Central time

We work hard to bring events to our community for free, because connecting readers with authors is central to our mission. But these programs are not free for us to put on! If you’re interested in attending this event, we hope you’ll consider purchasing a copy of Girlhood: Teens around the World in Their Own Voices from our bookshop. Your support is critical to keeping us here and offering events like this, and we hope to do that for many years to come! 

Blue Willow Bookshop expects all participants to maintain an atmosphere of respect and fairness. Any comments or questions that violate this standard of behavior including any form of harassment, may, at the discretion of the organizers, be immediately removed.

About the Author:

Masuma Ahuja is a journalist who calls three countries home and reports on people, power, and politics around the world. Her work focuses primarily on women’s and girls’ lives. She was previously a producer at CNN and national digital editor at the Washington Post. She uses words, photos, and emerging media to report and tell stories. Her projects have ranged from long-form stories to sending disposable cameras to women in more than a dozen countries to document their days to crowdsourcing voice mails from Americans about the impact of the 2016 election on their lives. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014.

About the conversational partner: 

Rainesford Stauffer is the author of the forthcoming book An Ordinary Age, on sale May 4 from Harper Perennial. She has written and reported for the New York Times, New York magazine’s “The Cut,” WSJ, Magazine, Teen Vogue, Vox, and The Atlantic, among other outlets. She has appeared on CNN Newsroom, NPR’s On Point and Weekend Edition, and podcasts such as ABC News’s Start Here, the Guardian’s Chips with Everything, and Foreign Policy’s Don’t Touch Your Face. Rainesford is a journalist, speaker, and Kentuckian. When she’s not writing, reading, and spending time with her family, Rainesford can be found experimenting with handstands on a yoga mat, enthusiastically baking average bread, or watching too many cat videos on Instagram.

Ordering:

Payment type must be "CreditCard." Shipping will be charged if you want the book shipped to you. If you'd prefer to use our curbside pickup program, we ask that you please collect your book(s) within one month of the event date. After that date, your book will be donated to a Houston-based literacy organization.

International shipping will be $35.00.