“I look at how women are treated the world over and anger seems a perfectly reasonable response.” Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor and commentator whose candour and radical honesty continue to win her legions of fans. She is adored for her unique capacity to be inspirational yet completely relatable. Her books include Ayiti, An Untamed State, Difficult Women and two New York Times bestsellers, Bad Feminist and Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body. She is also working on a number of film and tv projects and wrote World of Wakanda for Marvel. She joins us to talk about writing as a cry for help, using books to fight racism, why she rejects ‘identity politics’ and lots more…

In conversation with writer Jessica Traynor, author of The Quick, an Irish Times Poetry Choice for 2019.

Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020 - Roxane Gay in Conversation