Myriam Gurba: Creep

Author Myriam Gurba shines a light on creepy cultures and the systems of oppression that shape women’s lives.

A creep can be a singular figure, a villain who makes things go bump in the night. However, Myriam Gurba’s new essay collection, a mix of true crime, memoir, and history, is an informal sociology of creeps that surveys the toxic traditions in the United States which help to create the abusers who haunt our books, schools, and homes. Gurba charts how oppression is collectively enacted, sustaining ecosystems that unfairly distribute suffering and premature death to society’s most vulnerable.

Myriam Gurba will speak about Creep: Accusations and Confessions at the New York Public Library on September 6.