Roxane Gay Presents... My Year of Psychedelics

Lessons on Better Living by Gabrielle Bellot

The third installment in Roxane Gay Presents & Everand Originals, is My Year of Psychedelics: Lessons on Better Living by Gabrielle Bellot.

How does a quiet, cautious trans girl, once even nervous about getting tipsy, find herself cooking a pot of ayahuasca — a powerful mind-altering brew from the Amazon — for nearly ten hours?

If you’ve ever tried psych…