- Date of Birth: October 15, 1974)
- Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska
Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is a prominent Haitian-American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator celebrated for her unflinching and accessible writing on feminism, race, sexuality, trauma, body image, and popular culture.
She is best known for her New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014) and the critically acclaimed memoir Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (2017), in which she powerfully explores her experiences with childhood sexual violence, obesity, and living in a fat body.
Her other notable works include the novel An Untamed State (2014), short story collections Ayiti (2011) and Difficult Women (2017), and the comic World of Wakanda for Marvel.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska to Haitian parents, Gay was raised Catholic and spent summers in Haiti. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy and earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University.
She has taught at Eastern Illinois University, Purdue University, and Yale, and currently serves as the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.
Gay is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, and has edited several publications. She is also the creator of the popular newsletter The Audacity and co-host of the podcast The Roxane Gay Agenda. Her work is known for blending personal narrative with sharp cultural criticism.
Official Links & Social Media:
- Official Website: roxanegay.com
- Newsletter: The Audacity (on Substack)
- Instagram: @roxanegay74
- X (Twitter): @RGay
- Facebook: facebook.com/RoxaneGay74
- TikTok: @roxanegay
