Poets & Writers

Roxane Gay’s Imprint Opens Doors

polymath Roxane Gay has penned two story collections, the essay collection , and the novel all to acclaim. She has written for Marvel Comics, opined for the and overseen a magazine for Medium, not to mention her editing of indie stalwarts like PANK and the and serving as series editor for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction with the University of Georgia Press. On “literary Twitter” she’s something of a godmother to the writing community: insightful, candid, and funny, a champion for new voices. Now to this résumé she adds acquiring editor

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