In between questions from Gay, the audience asked Garcia what Lafayette, IN was like, how she enjoyed her MFA from Purdue, and the latest on a potential #OWAS movie spin-off.
With the success of her debut novel, Garcia explained how adjusting to author life was new and challenging, but that connecting with readers is what made it all worth it. Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. With timely themes such as migration, addiction, and freedom, Garcia discussed how the different generations of her characters came to be and how poetry influenced the narrative language within Of Women And Salt. New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological. 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. Roxane Gay is the author of the essay collection Bad Feminist, which was a New York Times bestseller the novel An Untamed State, a finalist for the Dayton. Following the reading, Roxane Gay moderated an engaging discussion with Garcia, Gay’s former MFA student, where they discussed how Of Women and Salt began as a project that was close to Garcia’s heart and ended in a successful publication. The evening opened with a dynamic set by Cuban artist DJ Leydis and was followed by a heartfelt reading by Garcia. On Thursday April 1st, 2021, Latinx in Publishing was honored to co-sponsor and host with WordUp Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria a reading of Of Women and Salt with author Gabriela Garcia and Q&A led by Roxane Gay.