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Roxane’s 2025 Year in Books
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
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2017
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Bad Feminist
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2014
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Difficult Women
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2017
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
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2018
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An Untamed State
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2014
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Ayiti
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2011
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Graceful Burdens
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2020
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Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business
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2023
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Black Panther: World of Wakanda
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The Best American Short Stories 2018
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This was fun, sexy, full of hockey and light on... depth but THAT IS OKAY. The book understood the assignment. Ilya is more compelling as a character, seems to have more depth and also is so secretly kind and passionate. I'm into it. As an aside, the ...more |
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“I embrace the label of bad feminist because I am human. I am messy. I’m not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I’m right. I am just trying—trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself.”
― Bad Feminist
― Bad Feminist
“I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn’t make certain choices for ourselves.”
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― Bad Feminist: Essays
“It’s hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you’re going to float the fuck away.”
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“There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them. And I mean that very seriously. You must accept them and accept them with love. For these innocent people have no other hope. They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it. They have had to believe for many years, and for innumerable reasons, that black men are inferior to white men. Many of them, indeed, know better, but, as you will discover, people find it very difficult to act on what they know.”
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so happy you're coming to pittsburgh and looking forward to speaking with you soon (i'm with the city paper and your publicist has been kind enough to help facilitate an interview)! absolutely loving "difficult women."
Thank you, Evelyn!Evelyn wrote: "I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying An Untamed State. I am reading it for my book club so I'm torn between wanting to read it very slowly and carefully, taking time to digest all t..."
I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying An Untamed State. I am reading it for my book club so I'm torn between wanting to read it very slowly and carefully, taking time to digest all the tidbits, and wanting to devour it all in one sitting. I am completely enthralled (at the half-way point) and so eager to continue reading; I can already tell this will be one of my favorite books of the year! :)
Hi Roxanne,An Untamed State sound like a powerful read and I have added it to my Want list.
Thank you for befriending me.
RBA
Thank you for being my friend Roxane :))). Peace
I don't tumbl, so I have no way of commenting to yours though I'm subscribed via RSS. As a single writer living alone who feels like she has no life and cooks for herself and shit, I loved your latest. Not that balance isn't important, but I'm sure the people out there with "lives," the ones who can think at all, think, "I should do something with my life" now and again. You inspired me to make chocolate chip cookies. I wanted to yesterday but I thought, "What's the point?" Your post wasn't really even about doing something for yourself. It was mostly just the yummy pictures.
Enjoyed your article in Salon about Paula Deen. Was excited to realize that I recognized your name from Goodreads and that I intend to read your fiction someday!
