9, 2016, and grappling with a new political order. Gay, whose visit to Brown was organized by graduate students in the Department of American Studies, read two stories from her collection 'Difficult Women' followed by a nonfiction work about waking up on Nov. 14, writer, scholar and cultural commentator Roxane Gay discussed the reality television show “The Bachelor,” drew attention to the imprecise language that characterized the presidential campaign and urged the crowd to fight for social and economic justice. In a sharp, funny and wide-ranging reading and discussion at Brown University’s De Ciccio Family Auditorium on Feb.