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Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.

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