Roxane Gay: An unflinching memoir
The Interview2 Jun 2023

Roxane Gay: An unflinching memoir

Stephen Sackur speaks to American writer, academic and cultural commentator Roxane Gay. Her unflinching, extraordinary memoir Hunger deals with her experience of rape and obesity. How scary is the level of self-exposure in much of her writing?

(Photo: Roxane Gay in the Hardtalk studio)

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Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault

Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault

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South African Anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada

South African Anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada

He spent 26 years in jail for trying to topple South Africa’s white minority government. Veteran anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada has died. He was 87 years old. For 18 years he was with Nelson ...

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Deputy Leader of the Turkey's Republican People's Party - Selin Sayek Böke

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Joshua Wong, Secretary General of Demosisto political party, Hong Kong

Joshua Wong, Secretary General of Demosisto political party, Hong Kong

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Joshua Wong, a leader of the so-called umbrella pro-democracy protests that swept Hong Kong in 2014. He's now the secretary general of the Demosisto political party...

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Zimbabwe's Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi

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Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice-Chairman of Open Russia

Vladimir Kara-Murza, Vice-Chairman of Open Russia

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17 Mar 201723min

Former US Senator for Florida Bob Graham

Former US Senator for Florida Bob Graham

Bob Graham is one of the most popular politicians in contemporary American history. He has never lost an election and has served as a state legislator, Florida governor, and in the US Senate. He hails...

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