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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. * roxane gay mom *
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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.
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. 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.