Lianne JM
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Roxane Gay:
I aspire to be a more difficult woman but I'm caught by perfectionism and the need to be "Good." Any advice?
Roxane Gay
Most women, myself included, are hampered by this persistent need to be good. It might be useful to broaden your definition of what it means to be good.
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Nicola
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Roxane Gay:
Hi Roxane, I'm a huge fan of 'An Untamed State' and in the novel you mention a lullaby about a mother slaughtering her children and this lullaby was related to Mireille by her Jamaican friend Elsa. I'm just wondering, is this a real lullaby? I'm Jamaican and I've never heard of it so I'm curious if its rooted in historical fact or if this is just poetic license on your part.
Jasmine
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Roxane Gay:
My Notes app ate my list of books and there were SO MANY recommendations in there from you. I'm most pining for that romance novel you mentioned in your IG live where the older woman and the teen were on a desert island and that poem you posted in your IG stories with that breathtaking ode to the author's lover's fat body. Can you please give me these titles? PS. I am such a fan of yours.<3
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