Tag: Roxane Gay

Feb. 25 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents author and social Commentator Roxane Gay for ‘Roxane with One N’

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents author and social commentator Roxane Gay for Roxane with One N on Friday, February 25th at 7:30 p.m. Pacific at The Granada Theatre. This presentation is part of the 2021-2022 CREATING HOPE programming initiative.

Roxane Gay brilliantly critiques the ebb and flow of modern culture with wit and ferocity. Her collection of essays, Bad Feminist, is a quintessential exploration of modern feminism, and her books – including An Untamed State, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Graceful Burdens and Difficult Women – are celebrated for their honesty and humor. Gay also co-hosts the podcast Hear to Slay, pens the Work Friend column for The New York Times and was the first black woman to write for Marvel Comics. Her new podcast The Roxane Gay Agenda premiered on Luminary in partnership with iHeartMedia on January 25, 2022.

Oct. 18 — New York Times Bestselling author Roxane Gay to speak at CSUCI Reading Celebration

CAMARILLO — “The story of my body is not a story of triumph,” wrote New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay in her memoir, “Hunger.”  “This is not a weight loss memoir. There will be no picture of a thin…