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Roxane Gay Recommended Books
Roxane Gay has recommended 9 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator.
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Craft in the Real World
Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping
by Matthew Salesses
"This book is amazing. Challenging. A total reimagining of craft. A must read for every writer."- Roxane Gay (Source)
While We Were Dating
The Wedding Date, Book 6
by Jasmine Guillory
"Really fun, warm, satisfying ending. Great book."- Roxane Gay (Source)
Things We Lost to the Water
by Eric Nguyen
"A gorgeous ache of a novel about a Vietnamese family in New Orleans."- Roxane Gay (Source)
Razorblade Tears
A Novel
by S. A. Cosby
"AMAZING. Shit had me on the edge of my seat. Didn't put this book down."- Roxane Gay (Source)
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
"A novel about a medieval nunnery."- Roxane Gay (Source)
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Essays on Complicity
by Jill Louise Busby
"An intelligent, provocative essay collection about identity and the ways we wield it."- Roxane Gay (Source)
My Monticello
by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
"Really original, sharp writing that lays bare how racism and an appalling history shape our lives."- Roxane Gay (Source)
100 Boyfriends
by Brontez Purnell
"A sexy little book about queer men, their desires and obsessions and yearnings. Very transgressive and relentless."- Roxane Gay (Source)
Manhunt
by Gretchen Felker Martin
"Perfect from beginning to end. Gory, heartbreaking, sexy, riotous, infuriating. 10/10 no notes."- Roxane Gay (Source)
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