Roxane Gay, femist, sayist, novelist, ic book wrer, keen observer of pop culture and lover of ty baby elephants, is out wh a new llectn of short stori , lled "Difficult Women." On the eve of the Women's March on Washgton, the thor perhaps bt known for her book of says"Bad Femist," sat down wh PBS NewsHour to talk about how women are labeled, divisns femism today, and why the phrase "difficult women" ronat so strongly after the electn. This nversatn has been eded for length and clary.
Contents:
- ROXANE GAY’S POWERFUL NEW STORY LLECTN, ‘DIFFICULT WOMEN’
- ROXANE GAY ON ‘DIFFICULT WOMEN,’ DIVISNS FEMISM AND THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHGTON
- THE MOST DIFFICULT PLAC THE WORLD TO BE GAY
- NO SHRKG VLETS: A SHORT STORY COLLECTN FROM ROXANE GAY
ROXANE GAY’S POWERFUL NEW STORY LLECTN, ‘DIFFICULT WOMEN’
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Anyone faiar wh Roxane Gay's work — particularly her bt-sellg say llectn, "Bad Femist, " or her sldg but novel, "An Untamed State" — will not be surprised by the terrory she travels her new story llectn, "Difficult Women. But Gay tak rewardg risks form, placg tradnal narrativ about failed relatnships alongsi ventive stori that dive to surrealism. "Gay is a renowned cultural cric and woman of ias — and the real gift to rears “Difficult Women” is her abily to marry her well-known tellectual ncerns wh good storytellg.
“She is beyond tired, ” Gay wr. ”Gay allows her female characters to own their primal appet, and she giv the sexual relatnship between characters signifint weight: What, after all, is more revealg than one’s preferenc and perversns, the way one treats the body of another? ”Gay excels her allowance for human plexy.
ROXANE GAY ON ‘DIFFICULT WOMEN,’ DIVISNS FEMISM AND THE WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHGTON
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”One of the book’s greatt achievements is Gay’s psychologil acuy the creatn of female characters who are teemg wh dissonance and appealg self-awarens. ” There is an vatn, throughout this book, to terrogate our assumptns about the liv and motiv of book self is dited to “difficult women, ” whom, Gay wr, “should be celebrated for their very nature. M., Roxane Gay and Viet Thanh Nguyen will discs their work at St.
THE MOST DIFFICULT PLAC THE WORLD TO BE GAY
Even though the world is slowly beg a more welg place for gay people, there are still many plac where same-sex relatnships are nsired crimal behavr. Acrdg to the to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn’s latt report, 70 members of the Uned Natns punish people for beg gay as of March […] * difficult women gay *
For tickets and more rmatn, ll Polics & Prose Bookstore at 202-364-1919 or vis WomenBy Roxane GayGrove/Atlantic. Roxane Gay, femist, sayist, novelist, ic book wrer, keen observer of pop culture and lover of ty baby elephants, is out wh a new llectn of short stori, lled “Difficult Women.
ROXANE GAY: Oftentim the phrase “difficult women” or “difficult woman” is a slanr.
NO SHRKG VLETS: A SHORT STORY COLLECTN FROM ROXANE GAY
ROXANE GAY: I thk there are a lot of labels that women get. ROXANE GAY: For the short story “How, ” I thought about episos. ROXANE GAY: In this se I was jt thkg: “What would you be like if you were ma out of glass?