Read Roxane Gay's "Sweet on the Tongue"

A short story from Roxane Gay’s recently re-released collection is available online for free.

Head to Literary Hub to read “Sweet on the Tongue” from Ayiti, which explores the Haitian diaspora experience.

The work was originally published by a small press but is now widely available through a re-release by Grove Press.

Gay, who recently received a Lambda Literary Award, is the author of three bestsellers — Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, and Hunger — among other books.

Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, and she is currently working on television and film projects.