I was born with a mild case of cerebral palsy and I have lived as though my body were a curse, as though I was being punished for a crime I didn’t know I committed. When I was younger, my scars, bruises, bent fingers, limping leg, and crooked lips disgusted me. There’s a moment in every day where I think of my younger self-the fifteen-year-old me, the sixteen-year-old me, and the twenty-year-old me who prayed morning, noon, and night to be rid of my body. (Offer valid for US subscriptions only while supplies last. Hunger must be mailed to same address as subscription.) –Ed.] [Through August 15, purchase a yearly Letters in the Mail subscription or a 6-month Rumpus Book Club subscription and we’ll send you your own signed copy of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by bestselling author and Rumpus Essays Editor Emeritus Roxane Gay! Already have a subscription? Just extend or convert it to receive your signed copy of Hunger !
