‘The Other Black Girl’ review: The devil doles out microaggressions
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Sep 13, 2023
3 minutes
Inspired by her own experiences working at a New York publishing house, Zakiya Dalila Harris’ novel “The Other Black Girl” begins with a tantalizing premise. A young woman named Nella is an editorial assistant and the sole Black employee at the otherwise all-white Wagner Books. And then one day she is joined by a new hire named Hazel — the other Black girl of the title.
“It’s like Wagner realized that we’re in 2023 and there can no longer
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