Bad Feminist: Essays Review ''(Audiobook narrator) Bahni Turpin crisply delivers this expansive collection of essays. Author Gay covers an array of political, feminist, and culturally charged topics. Turpin sounds like she's giving a well-informed speech with the right inflections to emphasize specific points. Her tone is clear and deliberate, forcing one to focus on the content. As she recounts personal stories and numerous critiques of films and books, she draws listeners in with a matter-of-fact tone. Both humorous and raw moments are delivered with sharp clarity. Whether the topic is Gay's nemesis when playing in a Scrabble championship or deconstructing rape jokes, Turpin delivers with an assertiveness that will catch listeners' attention.'' --AudioFile ''Smart readers cannot afford to miss these essays, which range from socially significant art (Girls, Django in Chains) and feminist issues (abortion) to politics (Chris Brown) and why Gay likes pink.'' --Library Journal ''With prodigious bravery and eviscerating humor, Roxane Gay takes on culture and politics in Bad Feminist -- and gets it right, time and time again. We should all be lucky enough to be such a bad feminist.'' --Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure and Bad Mother''Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.'' --Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be?''Gay's essays are consistently smart and provocative…Her essay collection will give you dinner-party conversation through September.'' --USA Today''A trenchant collection…Whatever her topic, Gay's provocative essays stand out for their bravery, wit, and emotional honesty.'' --Publishers Weekly (starred review)''A strikingly fresh cultural critic.'' --Washington Post  About the Author Roxane Gay is a New York Times bestselling author of several books and story collections. Her writing has appeared in Time,  Los Angeles Times, New York Times Book Review, Nation, Rumpus, Glamour, Salon, the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy culture blog, Best American Mystery Stories 2014,  Best American Short Stories 2012, and many others. She is the coeditor of PANK and essays editor for the Rumpus.