Roxane Gay is a writer, professor, editor, blogger, and commentator. She is a professor of English at Purdue University, contributing op-ed writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, contributing editor for Bluestem Magazine, essays editor for The Rumpus, and co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary arts collective.

Gay is the author of the following books: Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, and Hunger (forthcoming). In addition, Gay’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in many notable venues, including Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and Salon. 

Gay's books Bad Feminist and An Untamed State will be available for purchase, along with her book-signing.