Congratulations are in order for debut novelist Zakiya Dalila Harris. Her first book "The Other Black Girl," is one of the most highly-anticipated novels of the summer, if not the…
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Early on in
The Other Black Girl, a nimble-witted new horror satire by debut novelist Zakiya Dalila Harris, Nella Rogers feels ready to bond with her new office mate.
Nella’s been the only Black girl in her office for two years now. She’s an editorial assistant at the prestigious publisher Wagner Books, struggling to climb the ladder and become an editor herself. And Wagner, like most publishers, is staffed almost entirely by white people.
Nella longs for someone she can make ironic eye contact with after experiencing
yet another microaggression from one of her coworkers. When glamorous Hazel wafts into the office all locs and colorful blazers, looking “very Erykah-meets-Issa” Nella thinks her dreams have finally come true.