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Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body

This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical)

We Were Always Eating Expired Things Paranormal Romance the Tangent characters exist asShortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2016 for English Poetry, We Were Always Eating Expired Things is centered on our innate desire for connection, both physical and emotional. The poems deal with the impossibility of such an endeavor and celebrate our persistence in striving anyway. At its core, the collection is built around a very wise line from a Beatles song: I want to hold your hand. I want to hold your hand with no further