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Ep 2 - The Aftermath

Roxane Gay reads from her deeply personal memoir. In the immediate aftermath of a terrible act of violence, her hunger begins as she sets out to make a fortress of her body.

Roxane Gay reads from her deeply personal memoir. In the immediate aftermath of a terrible act of violence, her hunger begins as she sets out to make a fortress of her body.

Roxane Gay is the author of the bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist, and the short story collection, Difficult Women and her novels include An Untamed State, she also wrote the World of Wakanda for Marvel and is a columnist.

Abridged by Rowan Routh
Produced by Elizabeth Allard and Julian Wilkinson.

Picture credit: Jay Grabiec

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15 minutes

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