If you’re interested in critical thinking about culture, this book is a must.” - Newsweek An author who filters every observation through her deep sense of the world as fractured, beautiful, and complex.” - Slate Perfectly imperfect, Gay is an unforgettable voice, coming at just the right time.” - NPR, Best Books of 2014 At its best, the book offers Gay’s distinctive voice as both shield and a weapon against social norms just begging for examination. This best-selling collection of essays manages to be both a cultural biography and a deeply personal story of identity. “It’s no surprise that Roxane Gay-author, essayist and sharp observer of everything in pop culture we’re supposed to be too cool to like-has written such a winning book.
“A strikingly fresh cultural critic.” - Ron Charles, Washington Post
