ZYZZYVA 93 / San Francisco, CA
New England Review 32.3 / Middlebury, VT
DIAGRAM 11.4 / Tucson, AZ
Camera Obscura 3 / Addison, TX
Fiddleblack 2 / Peninsula, OH
Barrelhouse 9 / Washington, DC
Antioch Review Fall 2011 / Yellow Springs, OH
Birkensnake 4 / Providence, RI
Gigantic Sequins 2.2 / Philadelphia, PA
Paris Review 199 / Manhattan, NY
Bateau 4.2 / Northhampton, MA
6x6 24 / Brooklyn, NY
Roxane Gay's writing appears or is forthcoming in DIAGRAM, Annalemma, Monkeybicycle, Gargoyle, Keyhole, and others. She is the associate editor of PANK and an HTMLGIANT contributor. She can be found online at http://www.roxanegay.com.
I don’t know how to write about race. I don’t know how to write about race without becoming irrational and emotional. I’m a writer and editor and I also happen to be black. I don’t know how to write about race because it makes me uncomfortable; people get defensive; they make assumptions about me, my
