The Hunger novel is captivating as it is heartbreaking, documenting Gay’s relationship with her body from childhood on, and the toll it took on her well-being to scrutinize herself over the years. Gay’s novel Bad Feminist appears on numerous reading lists, yet her novel Hunger has fallen to the wayside somewhat. If anyone on this spinning rock deserves to be listened to right now, for the sake of all of us, it’s Roxane Gay. She makes the frightening somehow tender, without pulling punches. Gay’s writing makes you want to examine what you yourself want to avoid, and makes you ask why. Something about Gay makes you want to listen again and again, until she’s trapped you in this mindset that anything can be changed for the better. Her newsletter, The Audacity, walks the line between a book lover’s dream and a feminist press haven, covering everything from the latest fiction release to the fragility of the human race. Her most recent piece, posted last year, tackled the strangling hope that last year’s wave of Black Lives Matter protests brought her and many others. In addition to being an absolute riot on Twitter, with rich and hilarious commentary, Gay contributes to The New York Times op-ed section.
It does not store any personal data.Gay approaches topics even she’s said she’d rather avoid, such as her body and experience with sexual assault at a young age, with grace that many of us can’t muster when filling out a birthday card. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. In a conversation with Ann Friedman, journalist and co-host of the popular podcast Call Your Girlfriend, Gay takes the stage to share from a deeply personal and necessary story until now untold. Casting an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties-including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life-Gay brings readers into the pains and joys of her daily life. With the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that ignite her fiction and non-fiction explorations of the struggles of women, Gay’s new memoir navigates the female body and what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. “I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe,” writes New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay in her new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. MEMBERS: To redeem your discount, please refer to the recent Member email containing the Summer 2017 discount code. PURCHASE TICKETS online, or call the Aratani Box Office at 21. Scroll down for more information about tonight’s event. Please note that a $20 CASH-ONLY student ticket will be available for purchase at the will-call table, with proof of valid student ID. To purchase tickets, call or visit the Aratani Box Office. Advance online ticket sales for this program have closed.