Essays
by Roxane Gay
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Emma Watson and Lena Dunham
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Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pinkall shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and Im not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once livetweeted the September issue.In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the jou...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Nonfiction.
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Consider Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Recommended by 6 sources.
“Starts intimate and character-focused, tracking Ifemelu’s sharp, observational voice and Obinze’s quieter arc across two continents. The most useful parts are the scenes that dramatize how race, class, and longing reshape identity—especially Ifemelu’s American encounters and her blog-style interludes that name feeling with plain language. Limitations: the timeline jumps and long social digressions slow momentum, and readers looking for plot-driven pace or fewer sociopolitical reflections will find stretches that read more like argument than narrative.”
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