Roxane Gay Bio | Wiki
Roxane Gay is a well-known American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. As of now, Roxane works as a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, which is a charitable literary arts collective, as well as the editor for Gay Mag, which became founded in partnership with Medium.
Roxane is also the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist in 2014, and the short story collection Ayiti in 2011, the novel An Untamed State in 2014, the short story collection Difficult Women in 2017, as well as the memoir Hunger in 2017. Previously, Roxane worked as an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois Campus for a period of four years prior to joining Purdue University as an associate professor of English.
Roxane Gay Age
Roxane was born on October 15, 1974, in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. She is 48 years old. Roxane celebrates her birthday on October 15, every year.
Roxane Gay Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Roxane stands at a height of 6 ft 3 in (Approx 1.91 m).
Roxane Gay Family
She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States to her parents. Roxane is the proud daughter of Michael and Nicole Gay, both of Haitian descent. Roxane’s mother was a homemaker and her father served as the owner of GDG Béton et Construction, a Haitian concrete company. She was brought up Roman Catholic and spent her summers in Haiti. Her brother named Joel Gay passed away on 18 July 2021.
Roxane Gay Brother
Roxane reported on social media on Sunday, 25 July 2021 that her brother named Joel Gay had passed away on 18 July 2021. After the news, some were curious to know more about Roxane’s brother and their family.
Roxane Gay Wife | Partner
She is bisexual. Roxane became engaged in October 2019, to Debbie Millman an artist and writer. She disclosed in August 2020, that they had eloped. She and her wife Debbie Millman got a puppy in 2020 and named him Maximus Toretto Blueberry Millman Gay.
Roxane Gay Education
She went to high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Roxane started her undergraduate studies at Yale University but dropped out in her junior year to do a relationship in Arizona. Roxane finished her undergraduate degree at Vermont College of Norwich University, and also received a master’s degree with an emphasis in creative writing from the Campus of Nebraska–Lincoln. In 2008, Roxane also attended graduate school at Michigan Technological University where she received a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication in 2010.
Roxane Gay Nytimes
She works as a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, which is a charitable literary arts collective, as well as editor for Gay Mag, which became also founded in partnership with Medium.
Roxane’s colleagues at The New York Times Include:
Ross Douthat– columnist
John Eligon-national correspondent
Dean Baquet -exercutive editor
Farhad Manjoo– technology columnist
Farah Stockman -writer
Brad Plumer -climate reporter
Daniel Victor -reporter
David E Sanger -national security correspondent
John Podhoretz -columnist
Roxane Gay Hunger
She is the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body was published in June 2017. Over the book, Roxane discusses her experience with weight, body image, as well as building a positive relationship with food, particularly after her experience as a childhood victim of sexual violence. She described the book as a testimony of “what it’s like to stay in a globe that tried to discipline unruly bodies.” This memoir gained wide acclaim, praised by critics as “remarkable… ferociously honest,” “arresting and candid,” and “intimate and vulnerable.”
Roxane Gay Books
– Bad Feminist: Essays (2014)
– Hunger (2017)
– Difficult Women (2017)
– An Untamed State (2014)
– Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (2018)
– The Banks (2019)
– How to Be Heard (2017)
Roxane Gay Book Club
She started her newsletter The Audacity, in January 2021 featuring essays by herself and upcoming writers on a bi-weekly basis and is also home to The Audacious Book Club, which features each book each month highlighting new works from underrepresented American writers. She launched a book club on HBO’s Vice News Tonight in July 2019.
Roxane Gay Bad Feminist
Her collection of essays, Bad Feminist, was published in 2014 to widespread acclaim; it discussed both cultural and political issues and was a New York Times best-seller. A Time magazine reviewer dubbed Bad Feminist “a manual on how to be human,” and called Roxane the “gift that keeps on giving.”
During a 2014 interview with the magazine, Roxane said of her role as a feminist, and how it has influenced her writing: “In all of these essays, Roxane is very much trying to show how feminism influences her life for better or worse. The essay just shows what it’s like to move across the globe as a woman. The essay is not even about feminism per se, it’s about both humanity and empathy.”
Roxane Gay Weight Loss
She disclosed in January 2018, that she had undergone a sleeve gastrectomy, a bariatric surgery that gets rid of 85% of the stomach. Roxane is 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall.
Roxane Gay Salary
She earns a satisfying amount from her work as a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, which is a charitable literary arts collective, as well as the editor for Gay Mag, which became founded in partnership with Medium. Roxane’s average salary is $87,261 per year.
Roxane Gay Net Worth
She gets her wealth from her work as a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, which is a charitable literary arts collective, as well as the editor for Gay Mag, which became founded in partnership with Medium. Therefore, Roxane has accumulated a decent fortune over the years she has worked. Roxane’s estimated net worth is $867,701.
How Old Is Roxane Gay
Roxane is a 48-year-old who was born on October 15, 1974, in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.
Who Is Roxane Gay
She works as a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, co-editor of PANK, which is a charitable literary arts collective, as well as editor for Gay Mag, which became founded in partnership with Medium.