Great story!" An outspoken right-wing promoter of conspiracy theories, Greene, has praised conversion therapy, a disproved practice that attempts to repress or reverse the sexuality of gay and lesbian individuals. Greene said in a statement: "So I have an intern that was raped by a priest as a young teen, was gay, has offended everyone at some point, turned his life back to Jesus and Church, and changed his life. Yiannopoulos announced that he had "finally been persuaded out of retirement," saying in a Telegram post Monday that he was hired for an "unpaid internship with a friend." He attached a photo of a congressional intern ID badge, on top of a Louis Vuitton bag, showing he's an intern in Greene's office. The former Breitbart editor, far-right commentator and conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has a new title: summer intern for U.S.Kirkus Reviews called "Nightcrawling" a "lovely and poetic" evocation of an "underclass and the disposable women just trying to survive."
Her book was published Tuesday and has won praise. Born and raised in Oakland, Mottley was the city's youth poet laureate in 2018. "It brings me great joy to introduce readers to new authors, and this young poet Leila Mottley wrote a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope," Winfrey said Tuesday. A spokesperson for Winfrey said Mottley is the youngest author ever selected for Oprah's Book Club, founded in 1996. "It was the surprise of a lifetime!" she said. Winfrey popped up" during what she thought was an ordinary publishing meeting. Mottley said she was "absolutely floored when Ms. Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley's "Nightcrawling," a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland, Calif., and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, as her next book club pick.