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Best-selling author Roxane Gay talks about abortion rights, book bans

By Charity Nebbe,

Caitlin Troutman, Danielle Gehr

Published February 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM CST

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Roxane Gay's collection of essays "Bad Feminist" became a New York Times best-seller after its 2014 release, and her voice has since become an important part of our social discourse.

Warning: This episode contains mentions of rape.

On this Talk of Iowa, Roxane Gay joins host Charity Nebbe to discuss her work and how she views feminism, reproductive rights, and the power of literature.

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Roxane Gay, writer, social commentator

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Charity Nebbe

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa

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Caitlin Troutman

Caitlin Troutman is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio

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Danielle Gehr

Dani Gehr is a producer for River to River and Talk of Iowa. Dani came to Iowa from her hometown in the northwest suburbs of Chicago to attend Iowa State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism, international studies and French. Before coming to IPR, Dani covered local government in Story County for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register.

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Best-selling author Roxane Gay talks about abortion rights, book bans

Roxane Gay's collection of essays "Bad Feminist" became a New York Times best-seller after its 2014 release, and her voice has since become an important part of our social discourse.

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