- a darkly comic satire describing the tension between two young Black women who meet in the incredibly white arena of book publishing.', it's one of 2021's most anticipated releases and TV rights have already been optioned for Hulu. It makes intelligent and timely commentary on the office dynamics that can exist in a wide range of industries, while also being very funny and a genuine page-turner.
“Because I was often the only one, I was hyper-aware any time I’d see anyone of colour on the floor who was not an author, or an agent,” she explains over Zoom from her Brooklyn home, wrapped up on an unusually chilly summer day.“These kinds of things really interested me because I was the only one, or one of two at most.
"The belief in this social construct plays out at the unconscious level, affecting thoughts and behaviors that have consequences in both the personal and public realms"Though it was a fleeting moment, Harris also realised that the woman didn’t give her The Nod - a near-universal signal of subtle acknowledgement that she’d come to exchange with other Black people when in a space where they were so starkly the minority.
“I had so many feelings.