Author: lfr5135

My other blogs have been about members of my immediate family. I have more that I could talk about but I want this blog to be about some members of my extended family: My Aunt Mahima and her kids, Rose… Continue Reading →

My brother Michael is turning twenty-five in a little less than a month. My parents say having a twenty-five year old child is the mark of being old but having an older brother makes me feel young. Michael hasn’t lived… Continue Reading →

My sister, Julise, was four years old when my family adopted her from Haiti along with her brother, Miguel. Julise was afraid of toilets, fascinated by the snow, and hated us for not speaking Creole. For a long time, she… Continue Reading →

My dad is the kindest person I have ever known. I believe it would not be possible to encounter my dad and leave considering him to be anything other than loving and gentle. I think he is, deep down, as… Continue Reading →

I always tell people my mom is the smartest person in the room, any room. She’s quick and retains massive amounts of information and will win any argument. She should have been a lawyer and could have been a very… Continue Reading →

Roxane Gay is the author of Ayiti, Hunger, Difficult Women, and Bad Feminist. Her work is informed by many of her life experiences including being the daughter of Haitian immigrants, being morbidly obese, and being the survivor of a sexual… Continue Reading →