Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. The author writes that stories of bodies like hers are ignored or dismissed or derided. This is a book about learning, however slowly, to allow herself to be seen and understood. The author writes that this is a book about her body, about her hunger, and ultimately, this is a book about disappearing and being lost and wanting so very much to be seen and understood. With the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation, Roxane Gay explores what it means to be overweight in a time when the bigger you are, the less you are seen. ![]() In this intimate and searing memoir, the New York Times Bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls "wildly undisciplined." She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties-including the deviating act of violence that was a turning point in her life-and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life. ![]() Jay Grabiec (Author photograph) (illustrator).
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