“The product of countless books”

September 19, 2014

“I am not influenced by books. Instead, I am shaped by them. I am made of flesh and bone and blood. I am also made of books. ” Roxane Gay, author of An Untamed State, which we reviewed here, and Bad Feminist, takes a new, thoughtful spin on a Facebook trend in an essay for BuzzFeed.

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.