Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay Gets Being Disillusioned, But She Still Wants You to Vote

Monday, November 05, 2018

The writer argues there is too much at stake to sit this election out.

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After 'Black Panther': Roxane Gay on What's Still Missing From the Marvel Universe

Thursday, February 15, 2018

The film marks a major moment in representation for comic book movie fans around the world, but Marvel still has a lot to answer for when it comes to diversity.

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Roxane Gay on 'Difficult Women'

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Award-winning novelist, essayist and professor Roxane Gay talks about her new story collection, "Difficult Women," which examines the various ways women live alongside their labels. 

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Trump Lost the Popular Vote. Roxane Gay Explains What That Means

Wednesday, November 09, 2016

In the wake of Donald Trump's election, Gay wrote a piece called "The Audacity of Hopelessness" for The New York Times.

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Roxane Gay on Police Shootings: We Are Not Seeing Enough Consequences

Friday, July 08, 2016

Listeners call in to talk about the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and Roxane Gay stops by to share her thoughts.

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A Compelling Plot Gives Way To Farce In Franzen's Purity

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

The new novel reveals sharp observations and a great, sprawling story. But critic Roxane Gay says the book gets bogged down with absurdly drawn characters and misfired critiques of modern life.

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Do All Lives Matter Equally…Even Lions?

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Roxane Gay discusses what the outrage over the death of Cecil the Lion, as compared to the social media reactions to Sandra Bland's or Samuel DuBose's deaths, says about our society.

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WNYC Presents Buzzfeed’s 'Another Round' Live

Friday, June 5, 2015

7:00 PM

Join Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton for a live taping of their podcast, featuring author Roxane Gay. A live video webcast will be available.

Bad Podcaster

Thursday, June 04, 2015

Author Roxane Gay on getting people to listen, and what it's like to be heard.

The Worst Kind Of Groundhog Day: Let's Talk (Again) About Diversity In Publishing

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Another day, another all-white list of recommended reading. This year's New York Times summer reading list, compiled annually by Times literary critic Janet Maslin, offered up zero books by non-white authors. Gawker's Jason Parham marveled that the list has achieved "peak caucasity" while Divya Guha and staff at ...

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Roxane Gay Breaks The Rules With 'Bad Feminist'

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Writer Roxane Gay is all about living in the contradictions. She says feminism is messy, and that capital-F feminism could do with a little more messiness.

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