Kayla Rae Whitaker

Kayla Rae Whitaker was born and raised in Kentucky. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and of New York University’s MFA program, which she attended as a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar. She lives in Louisville. The Animators is her first novel.

Hanging Out with Pennywise and My Grandmother’s Ghost

Kayla Rae Whitaker on Finding Comfort in IT as a Child

September 11, 2017 By Kayla Rae Whitaker

South Park and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

Kayla Rae Whitaker on Two Decades of Vulgar Escapism

January 31, 2017 By Kayla Rae Whitaker

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