The Only Black Girl in the Room Literary Figures or has their fate been

or has their fate been sealed—leaving them with no place to run

unique details in the experiences of refugees and immigrants

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and in poignantly capturing the violence of social relations in a strictly codified society

A NPR Best of the Year pick

The Only Black Girl in the Room Literary Figures or has their fate beenAn ambitious reporter stuck doing diversity checks for her white colleagues gets her big break in this compelling debut novel perfect for fans of Jayne Allen, Jasmine Guillory, and Zakiya Dalila Harris. Genevieve Francis, a 25 year old Black reporter, assumed shed go into her fourth year at her newspaper job with a bigger story than the latest seasonal ice cream flavor. Instead, shes relegated to doing copyedits and sensitivity reads on the articles