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Join WBEZ in conversation with New York Times best-selling author and feminist icon Roxane Gay. Gay will discuss her newest title, The Portable Feminist Reader, with the host of WBEZ’s Reset, Sasha-Ann Simons. For more than a decade, Roxane Gay has been one of the most influential voices in modern feminism. Through works such as Bad Feminist , Hunger and Not That Bad , she has explored the contradictions, complexities and personal stakes of gender, power and culture, bringing both sharp critique and deep empathy to the conversation. Her writing challenges traditional feminist narratives, making space for nuance and imperfection in ways that have reshaped contemporary discourse.

Gay joins Chicago author Lindsay Hunter (who appears at Chicago Humanities with her latest novel Hot Springs Drive, published by the new Roxane Gay Books imprint) for a conversation on politics, feminism, the culture wars, and civil rights, as they reflect on the past decade in America and where we go from here. We highly value your privacy. Personal information is data that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes anonymous data linked to information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you.

Windy City Times talked with acclaimed New York Times best-selling author, feminist icon, and pop culture commentator Roxane Gay in advance of the upcoming event, “An Evening with Roxane Gay & Sasha-Ann Simons,” coming to Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood on Wednesday, March The access and use of this site shall thereby constitute the approval of the 'user' to be bound by the following;. The access and use of this site shall be governed by the following terms and agreement Defined Terms:.

Roxane Gay will speak about The Portable Feminist Reader at Chicago’s Athenaeum Center on Wednesday, March 26 at p.m., in conversation with Sasha-Ann Simons, the host of WBEZ’s Reset. Roxane Gay: I think it definitely is part of the definition of feminism and probably the fundamental mission of it. Treat people, and women in particular, like human beings with dignity. All of these things.

A year earlier, Gay started her own imprint under Grove Atlantic, called Roxane Gay Books. Sasha-Ann Simons Sasha-Ann Simons is an award-winning journalist and the host of WBEZ’s Reset. She comes to Chicago from Washington’s NPR station WAMU where she was a program host, regularly behind the mic on newscasts and talk shows. .

Gay joins Chicago author Lindsay Hunter (who appears at Chicago Humanities with her latest novel Hot Springs Drive, published by the new Roxane Gay Books imprint) for a conversation on politics, feminism, the culture wars, and civil rights, as they reflect on the past decade in America and where we go from here. Listen to the program here. .

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Windy City Times talked with acclaimed New York Times best-selling author, feminist icon, and pop culture commentator Roxane Gay in advance of the upcoming event, “An Evening with Roxane Gay & Sasha-Ann Simons,” coming to Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood on Wednesday, March Presented by WBEZ and in partnership with Women & Children First, Gay [ ]. .