In "Bad Femist," her 2014 book of says, Roxane Gay laid out a wise, funny and eply empathetic visn of morn femism, acceptance and inty -- flaws and all.
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’ Neher Should Simpson/Hser & WirthRoxane GayDr. Gay, a ntributg Opn wrer, is the edor of “The Selected Works of Audre Lor” and the thor of the memoir “Hunger, ” among others.
We’re only human, and so, too, are the people who love Gay (@RGay) is a ntributg Opn wrer for The New York Tim. She wr a newsletter, “The Audacy, ” and she hosts the podst “The Roxane Gay Agenda. ” @RGay A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 25 of the New York edn wh the headle: In Defense of Th Sk and Not Takg a Joke.
Growg up suburban Nebraska, Roxane Gay was a happy, straight-A stunt om a lovg fay. “Everythg I thought I knew was shattered,” says Gay, 42, of the btal asslt a b the woods 1986. “I didn’t ever want to be over-powered aga,” explas Gay, who reached 577 lbs.
THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OM ROXANE GAY’S IMPRT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
Now, an astonishgly ndid new memoir, Hunger, excerpted exclively this week’s issue, Gay tails her emotnal journey and exam “how much sufferg is born of sexual vlence.”. For much more om Gay and an exclive excerpt om Hunger, please pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE.