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Roxane Gay

1974 - Today

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Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and the memoir Hunger (2017). Gay is the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University. She was an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois University for four years before joining Purdue University as an associate professor of English, where she was tenured. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roxane Gay is the 7,222nd most popular writer (down from 7,119th in 2019), the 18,064th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,763rd in 2019) and the 1,185th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Roxane Gay ranks 7,222 out of 7,302. Before her are Yahya Hassan, Anita Sarkeesian, Jesmyn Ward, Ann Brashares, Sanjay Gupta, and Chetan Bhagat. After her are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Gwen Ifill, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Christine Blasey Ford, and Douglas Stuart.

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Among people born in 1974, Roxane Gay ranks 1,020. Before her are Franziska Schenk, Francisco Rojas Rojas, Hiroaki Tajima, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Christopher Koskei, and Chetan Bhagat. After her are Patrice Halgand, Ibrahim Suwayed, Tom Thacker, Jack D. Fischer, Chaiya Mitchai, and Amy Mainzer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roxane Gay ranks 18,072 out of 20,380. Before her are Cedric Bixler-Zavala (1974), Sanjay Gupta (1969), Anna Hall (2001), Rider Strong (1979), Taj Gibson (1985), and Nina Paley (1968). After her are Bryce Davison (1986), Christian Convery (2009), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Brenda K. Starr (1966), Adam Carolla (1964), and Pimp C (1973).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Roxane Gay ranks 1,185. Before her are Jane Espenson (1964), Beau Willimon (1977), James Frey (1969), Jesmyn Ward (1977), Ann Brashares (1967), and Sanjay Gupta (1969). After her are Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Gwen Ifill (1955), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), Ta-Nehisi Coates (1975), Jacqueline Woodson (1963), and Matthew Quick (1973).

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