Roxane Gay

About the Author

Roxane Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: Essays, the novel An Untamed State, the story collection Ayiti, and her memoir, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review. She won the PEN show more Center USA's 2015 Freedom to Write Award. The annual award is presented to individuals or organisations for 'producing notable work in the face of extreme adversity' or showing 'exceptional courage in the defense of free expression. In 2018, she was presented the Trustee Award for Excellence in Literature by the Lambda Literery Awards. She also won the Bisexual Nonfiction award for her memoir Hunger. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Bad Feminist: Essays (2014) 3,420 copies

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (2017) 2,260 copies

Difficult Women (2017) 1,192 copies

An Untamed State (2014) 980 copies

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (2018) 675 copies

Ayiti (2011) 380 copies

The Best American Short Stories 2018 (2018) — Editor — 265 copies

Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2017) 242 copies

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde (2020) — Editor — 181 copies

The Sacrifice of Darkness (2020) 111 copies

Opinions (2023) 110 copies

Graceful Burdens (2020) 59 copies

The Banks (2019) — Writer — 56 copies

Urgent, Unheard Stories (2015) 48 copies

Black Panther: World of Wakanda #1 (1899) 33 copies

Black Panther: World of Wakanda #3 (2017) 16 copies

Black Panther: World of Wakanda #4 (2017) 14 copies

Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies (2010) — Editor; Contributor — 12 copies

Black Panther: World of Wakanda #5 (2017) 12 copies

How to Be Heard (2021) 9 copies

Writing Into the Wound: Understanding Trauma, Truth, and Language (2021) 7 copies

The Masters Review Volume VI (2017) 4 copies

The Year I Learned Everything 4 copies

North Country and Other Stories 1 copy

Broads {short story} 1 copy

Unruly Bodies 1 copy

The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power (2019) 1 copy

The Banks #1 1 copy

Feminism & The Strict Ideals for a Feminist 1 copy

There Is No 'E' in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You or We (2010) 1 copy

Halb so schlimm: 29 Essays über Rape Culture (German Edition) 1 copy

North Country 1 copy

Built for This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting (2024) 1 copy

A Cool Dry Place 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 363 copies

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World (2017) — Contributor — 265 copies

Kink: Stories (2021) — Contributor — 210 copies

Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation (2017) — Contributor — 182 copies

Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contributor — 138 copies

Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (2010) — Contributor — 133 copies

Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories (1997) — Contributor — 125 copies

The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 93 copies

First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far) (2007) — Contributor — 92 copies

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Contributor — 90 copies

Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Contributor — 76 copies

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World (2018) — Contributor — 76 copies

Pen and Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them (2014) — Contributor — 73 copies

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 69 copies

Double Bind: Women on Ambition (2017) — Contributor — 68 copies

Best Lesbian Erotica 2002 (2002) — Contributor — 66 copies

Best Bisexual Women's Erotica (2001) — Contributor — 63 copies

McSweeney's Issue 49 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Cover Stories (2017) — Contributor — 57 copies

Best Lesbian Erotica 2003 (2002) — Contributor — 57 copies

Zombies: More Recent Dead (2014) — Contributor — 56 copies

Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival (2019) — Introduction — 53 copies

Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era (2019) — Introduction — 52 copies

The New Black: A Neo-Noir Anthology (2014) — Contributor — 52 copies

Best Lesbian Erotica 2005 (2004) — Contributor — 51 copies

Haiti Noir 2: The Classics (2013) — Contributor — 43 copies

Take Us to a Better Place: Stories (2018) — Foreword — 33 copies

Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction (2015) — Contributor — 29 copies

Transgender Erotica: Trans Figures (Southern Tier Editions) (2006) — Contributor — 28 copies

Fucking Daphne: Mostly True Stories and Fictions (2008) — Contributor — 25 copies

All in the Seasoning (2002) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Best Of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica (2005) — Contributor — 19 copies

Best Actress: The History of Oscar®-Winning Women (2019) — Foreword, some editions — 16 copies

Get Out of My Crotch! Twenty-One Writers Respond to America's War on Women's Rights and Reproductive Health (2013) — Contributor — 9 copies

Radicals, Volume 1: Fiction, Poetry, and Drama: Audacious Writings by American Women, 1830-1930 (Volume 1) (2021) — Foreword, some editions — 3 copies

早稲田文学増刊女性号 (2017) — Contributor — 1 copy

Speaking of Work: A Story of Love, Suspense and Paperclips — Contributor — 1 copy

Out of Line: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1974-10-15
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Education: Michigan Technological University (PhD|2010)
Occupations: university professor
teacher of creative writing
public intellectual
writer
editor
Organizations: Purdue University
Eastern Illinois University
New York Times
Hear to Slay (podcast)
Agent: Maria Massie

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Discussions

Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist in Reading Books by Women (August 2016)

Bad Feminist in Feminist Theory (January 2015)

Reviews

Hunger : a memoir of (my) body by Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay is brilliant, readable and important in the struggles for women and blacks and I whipped through her book, yet I grew weary and dejected just as she did telling her tragic story. Her writing does spur one on even if there is a swathe of hopelessness about her recovering from the gang rape suffered at twelve. Yet I kept reading, fascinated by the depth of her confessions and laying bare of her pain and loneliness, and her self-understanding. It's what we're encouraged to do in memoir but how difficult it is.

"I do not want pity or appreciation or advice. I am not brave or heroic. I am not strong. I am not special. I am one woman who has experienced something countless women have experienced. I am a victim who survived."… (more)

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featherbooks | 120 other reviews | May 7, 2024 |

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

This was a tough read emotionally - I had to take breaks. But this book is important. Everyone should read it, if they can handle it.

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stitchcastermage | 17 other reviews | Apr 26, 2024 |

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

Extremely tough read but necessary. I recommend reading something less intense alongside it. But you should definitely read it.

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gonzocc | 17 other reviews | Mar 31, 2024 |

Ayiti by Roxane Gay

Better than most books out there, but my least favorite of the three Roxane Gay books I've read. Still, it's an easy read and there are a couple gems nestled in there.

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bookonion | 14 other reviews | Mar 10, 2024 |

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