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Oct 2024
51m 33s

Roxane Gay

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Meet Roxane Gay, the prolific and critically acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author, editor, essayist, respected academic and celebrated cultural commentator, whose intellect, charm and singular perspective capture the zeitgeist of our era. Roxane's next highly anticipated book OPINIONS: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Busin ... Show More
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