![]() ![]() ![]() I found her on social media, her Twitter account having gathered a congregation of a rising 167,000 followers. After reading her collection of essays and learning that she is of Haitian descent, I dug deeper into her narrative, finding myself curious about her journey. It became increasingly apparent in 2014, though, when Bad Feminist was released that she would utilize her platform to express herself in ways that could potentially make others uncomfortable. Gay has been unapologetic since her debut, Ayiti, published in 2011. I asked the clerk to check inventory and he reached for an unopened box behind the counter, smiling, “We just got this in.” A deep yearning gathered inside of me as he handed me the stores first copy of Roxane Gay’s new collection of short stories, Difficult Women. Carefully scanning the covers, I didn’t see what I was looking for. I recently walked to my local bookstore because I was in search of a book that had just been released to the world. ![]()
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