She has mastered the novel, the short story, the essay - even the Marvel comic.
A graduate of Yale and a professor at Purdue, she’s been honing her craft for decades while experimenting with the best forms and forums for telling her stories. Although Gay’s story of being assaulted as a child and struggling with her body for years afterward will feel familiar to many women, her voice and style are unique. Hunger is the Parnassus First Editions Club pick for July, a thoughtful meditation on a woman’s body and its meaning to her comfort, pleasure, beauty, fear, and both mental and physical health. We could keep quoting from the new memoir by New York Times-bestselling author Roxane Gay, but we’d rather readers experience it themselves. I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.” – Roxane Gay, Hunger 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.
