IN CONVERSATION WITH Raven Leilani
Brimming with caustic wit, desire and quiet desperation, Luster is New York writer and artist Raven Leilani’s highly anticipated debut. It’s a coming-of-age novel following the chaotic life of Edie, a young black painter who’s failing in her dead-end admin job, and struggling to survive in New York. After a succession of unsuitable hook-ups, Edie falls headlong into the suburban home of a middle-aged white man she
