She recently became the first black woman to write for Marvel, creating a comic series in the Black Panther universe called World of Wakanda. Gay is a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times and has served as the co-editor of PANK and nonfiction editor at The Rumpus. Her writing has also appeared in McSweeney’s, The Nation and many other publications. In 2017, Gay released her highly anticipated memoir, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, as well as a collection of short stories titled Difficult Women.

NPR named it one of the best books of the year, and Salon declared the book “trailblazing.” Gay’s debut novel, An Untamed State, was long-listed for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. Gay’s essay collection, Bad Feminist, is considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. With a deft eye on modern culture, she critiques its ebb and flow with wit and ferocity. Gay’s work has garnered international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. (For related events, click here.) About Roxane Gay Gay’s talk is open to the public at no charge.