![]() ![]() I mix 13 shades of green, 5 shades of purple I don't need. I work with the paint, let the acrylic dry, and when it isn't right, I rework it again. The last time I painted, I was 21, the president was Black, I had more serotonin and I was less afraid of men. Raven Leilani: I've woken up from dreams where my hands are slick with oil and turpentine and lost the inspiration by the time I brushed my teeth. ![]() ![]() Tanzina: But the second reading was perfect. The first time she started reading, she flubbed the line a bit. I sat down with Raven Leilani to discuss Luster and asked if she would read a passage from the text. Instead, she writes Edie is human, stunningly, recognizably human. Edie is indeed a Black woman who fails a lot, but because Leilani does not ask us to adore or reject her, she wrote. Luster is the story of Edie, a Black woman in her 20s living in Brooklyn, who's making a bit of a mess as she seeks human connection, professional fulfillment, and artistic self-actualization. Tanzina Vega: ''I wanted to write a story about a Black woman who fails a lot.'' This is what Raven Leilani told The New York Times about her first novel. ![]()
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