"Once you start this book, you will not be able to put it down. An Untamed State is a novel of hope intermingled with fear, a book about possibilities mixed with horror and despair. It is written at a pace that will match your racing...

New York Times Bestseller From Roxane Gay comes this collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation—now available in a limited Olive Edition. “Pink...

"Difficult Women" von Roxane Gay ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die das Leben komplexer, vielschichtiger Frauen in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Jede Geschichte beleuchtet unterschiedliche Aspekte weiblicher Erfahrungen und...

"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" von Roxane Gay ist ein kraftvolles und schonungslos ehrliches Memoir, in dem die Autorin ihre komplexe Beziehung zu ihrem Körper und ihrem Gewicht erforscht. Gay erzählt von einem traumatischen Erlebnis in...

"Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture", herausgegeben von Roxane Gay, ist eine kraftvolle Sammlung von Essays, die sich mit der allgegenwärtigen und oft verharmlosten Realität der Vergewaltigungskultur auseinandersetzen. Die...

One of our most indispensable writers . . . on everything that matters von Gay, Roxane

From New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, Ayiti is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience.In Ayiti, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman...

The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together...

?I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I had been because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . ....

I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was...

Sie schreibt die Geschichte ihres Hungers. Sie schreibt die Geschichte ihres Körpers. Es ist keine Geschichte des Triumphs. Es ist die eines Lebens, das in zwei Hälften geteilt ist. Es gibt das Vorher und das Nachher. Bevor sie zunahm...

In this valuable and timely anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay has collected original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment,...