She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. An additional in-person commencement ceremony for the graduating classes of 20 will take place at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Jat 1:00pm ET. SVA President David Rhodes will recognize some 1,130 degree candidates from the College’s 30 academic programs, including BFA, MA, MAT, MFA and MPS.

The ceremony will be held in-person for the first time since 2019 at Radio City Music Hall at 1:00pm ET on May 22, 2022, with streaming available on sva.edu/commencement, and on Facebook Live: /SchoolOfVisualArts. School of Visual Arts (SVA) is pleased to announce that Roxane Gay, renowned writer and bestselling author, will be the keynote speaker at the 47th annual commencement exercises.

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