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With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.

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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Writing
Things
Delusion
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