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Author of Bad Feminist, Hunger, more. Forthcoming: How to Be Heard & The Year I Learned Everything. Podcast: The Roxane Gay Agenda. đ
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Two warriors. One love story.
Black Panther: World of Wakanda #1 turns 10 today. (Released November 9, 2016).
@roxanegay74 and @__yonax became the first Black women to write a series for Marvel. @ariotstorm drew the interiors and @afua_richardson did the covers, so at launch the book was led entirely by Black women. Ta-Nehisi Coates consulted on the series.
The story follows Ayo and Aneka, two members of the Dora Milaje, TâChallaâs elite guard, who are also in love. When Aneka is imprisoned for killing a corrupt chieftain, Ayo breaks her out. The two of them become the Midnight Angels and start fighting for a Wakanda that hadnât always fought for them. Itâs a love story, a political story and a superhero story all at once, and Harveyâs backup story in #1 introducing the revolutionary Zenzi is a gem.
Seeing Ayo and Aneka brought to life on the big screen in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) was something else, with @florencekasumba as Ayo and @michaelacoelweb as Aneka. Six years after this book put them front and center, there they were.
World of Wakanda #1 opened with about 57,000 copies ordered by shops, but orders dropped fast. By #6 they were down to roughly 14,500, and Marvel cancelled the series after six issues.
Then, in 2018, World of Wakanda won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series, and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book too. The industry recognized it after the market had already let it go.
Happy 10th, Midnight Angels. đ«Ąđ«Ą
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09 Nov 2026
This week in the Emerging Writer Series is a wonderful essay by Michelle Morgan about queer love, autonomy, and what we learn about ourselves when a relationship falls apart. Read the essay here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/healing-in-the-cradle-of-civilization
29 Oct 2026
Next month in the Audacious Book Club, weâre talking about The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (nafissa.thompson.spires). I hope youâll join us at The Audacity to discuss this excellent novel throughout the month of November.
28 Oct 2026
Tomorrow in the Audacious Book Club, weâre talking about The Disappearers by Marlon James (@marlonjameswriter). I have a conflict, so the fantastic @noahgreyrosensweig is filling in. Join us Tuesday, October 27, at 8 p.m. ET. Register at this link or at the link in my stories: https://tinyurl.com/d6vbsfzx
26 Oct 2026
Tomorrow in the Audacious Book Club, weâre talking about The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw. The wonderful @smashfizzle has agreed to host since I have a conflict. Join us Thursday, October 22, at 8 p.m. ET. Register at this link or at the link in my stories: https://tinyurl.com/bde2xhf9
21 Oct 2026
How do we make a life, and a community, worth living in difficult times?
That question is the heart of a hope-filled discussion with Roxane Gay at the Louisville Book Festival this Saturday.
Books. Art. Joy. Hope. Rest. Grief. Community. Responsibility. What do we owe one another when the world feels heavy? How do we stay awake to suffering without surrendering our capacity for beauty, connection, imagination, and joy?
Join us for:
What We Owe Each Other: A Conversation with Roxane Gay
On books, art, joy, hope, and building community in difficult times.
Saturday, October 24 at 2:00 PM
Louisville Book Festival
Come ready to think, feel, and leave with something worth carrying home.
The Louisville Book Festival is free, but you do need to register for free tickets or buy the book Hunger from @foxingbookstore which guarantees you admission and the opportunity to meet @roxanegay74 đ«¶
21 Oct 2026
This week in the Emerging Writer Series is an excellent essay by Robin Pickering about risk, relationships, and very close calls. Read the essay here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/no-good-reason
14 Oct 2026
For my newsletter, I wrote about nemeses - both my own and the Netflix show. Read more here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/i-love-a-good-nemesis
13 Oct 2026
âI am stronger than I am broken.â
âRoxane Gay, from HUNGER: A MEMOIR OF (MY) BODY
đ Roxane Gay, Visiting Writer Event: Therese Kayser Lindsey Literary Series đ
EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Reception: 3:00 p.m. | Reading: 3:30 p.m.
The Wittliff Collections · Alkek Library · @txst
@roxanegay74 @txstmfa @wittliff.collections
WRITER BIO
Roxane Gayâs writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeneyâs, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women and the New York Times bestselling Hunger. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. She has several books forthcoming and is also at work on television and film projects. She also has a newsletter, The Audacity and once had a podcast, The Roxane Gay Agenda.
If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact (512) 245-2163 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.
Special thanks to our event co-sponsors! @txstla @txsthistory @txstphilosophy @cssw_txst @txsthonors
01 Jan 1970
Our second novel this month in The Audacious Book Club is The Disappearers by Marlon James (@marlonjameswriter). I hope youâll join our discussion about this wonderful novel at The Audacity and at our Zoom discussion on October 27 at 8 p.m. ET. Read more about this book and register for our discussion here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/introducing-the-disappearers
06 Oct 2026
This month in The Audacious Book Club, weâre talking about two novels. The first is The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw (@deeshaphilyaw). I hope youâll join our discussion about this fantastic novel at The Audacity and at our Zoom discussion on October 22 at 8 p.m. ET. Read more about this book and register for our discussion here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/introducing-the-true-confessions
05 Oct 2026
This week in the Emerging Writer Series is a wonderful essay by Beck Daniel Wren about art, kinship, transition, and figuring out who we are. Read the essay here or at the link in my stories: https://audacity.substack.com/p/the-outline-of-a-doorway
30 Sep 2026
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