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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.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
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Omaha
Nebraska
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