Bad Feminist (Gay) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1974-75
• Where—Omaha, Nebraska, USA
• Education—M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Michigan Technological University
• Currently—lives in Layfayette, Indiana, and Los Angeles, California


Roxane Gay is a writer, academician, editor, blogger, and commentator. She is an assistant professor of English at Purdue University, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, contributing editor for Bluestem Magazine, essays editor for The Rumpus, and co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary arts collective.

She is the author of the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), and the essay collection Bad Feminist (2014). She also edited the book Girl Crush: Women's Erotic Fantasies. In addition to her regular contributions to Salon and HTMLGIANT, her writing has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2012 and The New York Times Book Review.

Gay was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Haitian parents. She attended Philips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, received her Master's degree from University of Nebraska and her doctorate (in rhetoric and technical communication) from Michigan Technological University. (From Wikipedia. Retrieved 8/20/2014.)