Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short …

Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.) is a writer who gained widespread acclaim in 2014 for her book Bad Feminist, a collection of essays that reflect on her personal …

Through the Portable Feminist Reader, readers explore the state of American feminism, its successes and failures, and what feminism looks like in practice, as a complex, contradictory, …

Roxane Gay is the author, most recently, of “Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminist Reckoning with America’s Gun Problem” and a contributing Opinion writer.

Her debut novel, An Untamed State, and a collection of essays, Bad Feminist, were published this year to critical acclaim. Gay currently teaches creative writing at Purdue University.

Oct 8, 2023 · NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with writer Roxane Gay about her new book, "Opinions."

In "Bad Feminist," her 2014 book of essays, Roxane Gay laid out a wise, funny and deeply empathetic vision of modern feminism, acceptance and identity — flaws and all.

She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women and the New York Times bestselling …

She is currently at work on film and television projects, a book of writing advice, an essay collection about television and culture, and a YA novel entitled The Year I Learned Everything. …

Jun 26, 2017 · Roxane Gay’s new memoir, “Hunger,” deals with her rape, her overeating, and her struggles with her public and private identities. Photograph by Eva Blue. Roxane Gay has …