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Roxane Gay Loves to Read

Roxane Gay discusses how her voracious reading habits started from a young age.

Roxane Gay Never Gave Up

Author Roxane Gay explains the long and arduous road to success as a published writer.

Roxane Gay Gets Noticed

Gay talks about her essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence."

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