![]() ![]() I think this is because, at least partly, of how intimate a portrait we get of a family and their lineage. I wouldn’t be surprised if other people felt the same way because of how real the characters felt. Like at any moment, my grandmother is going to call me with an update about our down South kin. I still find myself thinking about Ailey’s sister, Lydia, as if she’s a cousin. And somehow the story within feels even more expansive than the page count. ![]() If you’ve seen the book - which clocks in at 816 pages - or read it, then you know it is anything but. Initially, she thought she was writing a book of linked short stories. Du Bois took Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 12 years to write. Those ruminations led to this series, In Context, in which I actually ask the authors of recently released novels, biographies, and nonfiction what books they read while they wrote and what books they feel their book is in conversation with. I’ve long imagined, for instance, that Alice Walker thought fondly of Zora Neale Hurston while writing The Color Purple or Nicole Dennis-Benn called on Toni Morrison while crafting Here Comes the Sun. When I read a book, I find myself wondering what books the author read while they were writing it. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist Photos: Retailers ![]()
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