Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

Thursday, 05 Apr 2018 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Doors open at 7:15. Enter through West Lobby/Sun Room

Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose collection of essays Bad Feminist is considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. In her most recent book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, Gay reflects on her struggles with weight, trauma, and self-image. Her other books include the novel An Untamed State and a collection of short stories, Difficult Women. She recently became the first black woman to ever write for Marvel, with the comic series World of Wakanda. Part of the National Affairs Series and Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series

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Roxane Gay is a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, was the coeditor of PANK, and was the nonfiction editor at The Rumpus. She is an associate professor of English at Purdue University, teaching creative writing.

ADDITIONAL EVENT
Telling Necessary Stories: Q & A on the Craft of Writing
Thursday, April 5, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
In this informal moderated craft talk, writers will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear Roxane Gay discuss her own writing process.

“When I write, I want to tell necessary stories, whether I am writing fiction or nonfiction. I want to make readers think and feel intensely. It’s not up to me as a writer to tell readers why they should care. We all come to reading in different ways for different reasons. I can only hope that more often than not, I am putting something meaningful on the page.” —Roxane Gay, Kore Press, “An Interview with Roxane Gay”

Cosponsored By:

• Ames Public Library Friends Foundation
• Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women & Politics
• Division of Student Affairs
• MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment
• Margaret Sloss Women's Center
• National Affairs
• Pearl Hogrefe Fund
• University Library
• Women’s and Gender Studies
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)