Roxane Gay on her feminist heist graphic novel 'The Banks'
Celia Banks grew up in a wealthy suburb of Chicago with two moms, got an SUV for her 16th birthday, and a full ride to college. In other words, she comes from money — money her mother and grandmother just so happened to have stolen. Not exactly something you can put on a college application, which is exactly the discussion Celia was having with her mom when she found out she was related to two generations of professional criminals.