In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe." I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble.
"I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe.
In essence, she is a difficult woman and she wears the moniker proudly.From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. But if there if there is anything she’s known for it’s the fact that she takes no shit and inspires those around to do the same. Her writing has appeared in many local publications like The Sun Sentinel, Miami New Times, and The New Tropic, where she was the community manager and events coordinator. But despite lacking the traditional and quantifiable credentials that makes a person appear “accomplished,” through her work in the community, writing, and social justice she has nonetheless become an integral part of Miami’s burgeoning scene of artists, cultural curators, influencers, activists, and emerging voices. In fact, the only thing you’ll likely hear her brag about is her book collection or extensive sci-fi knowledge. She has no best-sellers, no Ivy League education, no letters following her name. Isis Miller, boasts no conventional accomplishments. She very much wants a tiny baby elephant. Her novel, She is the author of three books-Ayiti, An Untamed State, and Bad Feminist. She teaches writing at Eastern Illinois University. She is the co-editor of PANK and essays editor for The Rumpus. Roxane Gay’s writing has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, West Branch, Virginia Quarterly Review, NOON, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Rumpus, Salon, The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy culture blog, and many others. In Hunger, she explores her past-including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life-and brings readers along on her journey to understand and ultimately save herself. As a woman who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.” “I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. Thanks for your interest we are thrilled to be hosting Roxane!įrom the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself. If you don't have a ticket, you can still purchase a copy of the book at the Books & Books' register and wait until the talk is over to enter the autographing line and have your book signed by Roxane.
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