Difficult Women (book)
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| Author | Roxane Gay |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short fiction |
| Publisher | Grove |
Publication date | January 3, 2017 |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-2539-2 |
Difficult Women is a 2017 short story collection by Roxane Gay.[1]
Content
In Vogue, Julia Fesenthal characterized Difficult Women as "a misogynist’s taxonomy of the opposite sex. On the narrator’s short list: loose women, frigid women, crazy women, mothers, and, finally, dead girls," depicted in stories "woven through with strands of magical realism."[2]
Development and publication
Gay has described being challenged by publishers in the development of the collection owing to the difficult material the book covers. Speaking at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Gay recounted, “Editors said, ‘we love ['Difficult Women'] but it makes me want to kill myself.’”[3]
Grove Press published the 272-page collection on January 3, 2017.[4]
Reception
Difficult Women received favorable reviews from critics.[5][6][7] Reviewing the collection in The Washington Post, Megan Mayhew Bergman said Gay’s “real gift to readers in ‘Difficult Women’ is her ability to marry her well-known intellectual concerns with good storytelling.”[8] In USA Today, Jaleesa M. Jones gave Difficult Women four (of four) stars, noting Gay's "deft touch with how...intersecting identities mold and shape women’s experiences."[9]
References
- ^ French, Agatha (2017-05-11). "Roxane Gay and Randa Jarrar talk Twitter, 'Difficult Women' and kink in L.A." Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ Felsenthal, Julia (January 3, 2017). "Roxane Gay on Writing Difficult Women and Her Outlook on 2017". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (April 23, 2017). "Author Roxane Gay explains the difficulty in trying to publish 'Difficult Women'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Difficult Women by Roxane Gay. Grove, $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2539-2". Publishers Weekly. October 24, 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Newman, Sandra (2017-02-10). "Difficult Women by Roxane Gay review – bold feminist stories". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ James, Anna (2017-01-12). "Roxane Gay's new book 'Difficult Women' proves her power". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Grady, Constance (January 3, 2017). "In Roxane Gay's Difficult Women, you're either difficult or you're dead". Vox. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Bergman, Megan Mayhew (3 January 2017). "Roxane Gay's powerful new story collection, 'Difficult Women'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ Jones, Jaleesa M. (January 3, 2017). "Roxane Gay's 'Difficult Women' make an impression". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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External links
- Difficult Women at Grove Atlantic