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Episode: Read This: It’s Not Roxane Gay’s Job to Make People Happy
Description: Roxane Gay is a prominent American author, professor, and cultural critic known for her unflinching honesty, quick wit, and razor-sharp intellect. She has gained acclaim for her essays, fiction, and memoirs that explore identity, gender, race, and body image. This week on Read This, Roxane joins Michael for a conversation about what it means to be a public intellectual and how this has shifted throughout her career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.