During her time as an editor she published more than 50 pieces of original content. On September 17th, 2009, Gay published her first post on The Rumpus, a literary website founded in January 2009, titled 'Funny Women #2 A Play About Post Racial America in Seven Acts.' She went on to act as the site's essay editor, until she stepped down on July 26th, 2014, becoming the Essays Editor Emeritus. Roxane Gay is an American novelist and essayist known online as the founder of Tiny Hardcore Press and a writer for online literary site The Rumpus.