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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.
Roxane Gay
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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
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I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem.
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We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms we carry with us, so long as we give enough of a damn to try to minimize the fractures among us. Feminism will better succeed with collective effort, but feminist success can also rise out of personal conduct.
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Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.
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Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.
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