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When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Lead
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The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.
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I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control. I am totally fine admitting i have none. I'm not going to blame Twitter for affecting my writing. And also, Twitter doesn't affect my writing.
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I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.
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I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean.
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If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.
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I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write.
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Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.
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