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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
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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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I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.
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Violence is not the answer but neither is peace.
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My tweeting is cool and calm unless I am riled up about something and then I just surrender to the fury of my fingers.
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Nemeses aren't born. They are made.
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People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.
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What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.
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The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me feel incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed about my tweets. I also feel more exposed now that I've become a more visible writer but then I try to get over all that and just use Twitter the way I want.
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I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.
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You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.
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I probably write the same story a hundred different ways. I suppose right now I am looking for the 101st different way to write that same story. And the 102nd, and 103rd and 111th and 133rd.
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If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.
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I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.
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Feminism is definitely a part of everything I do.
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