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Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl

Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career.

Week of June 6, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of June 6th include Lauren Weisberger's WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY, a highly entertaining, sharply observed novel about sisters, their perfect lives...and their perfect lies; THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN, in which Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tell the remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation; THE BOMBER MAFIA, Malcolm Gladwell's riveting exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war; THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris, an electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing; and THE TWELVE LIVES OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK, Edward White's fresh, innovative biography of the 20th century's most iconic filmmaker.

September 2023

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+, "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime Video, and "Virgin River" on Netflix; the series premieres of AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon," Hulu's "The Other Black Girl," Apple TV+'s "The Changeling," and Netflix's "Dear Child"; the season finales of "Harlan Coben’s Shelter" on Amazon Prime Video and "Dark Winds" on AMC; the Netflix film Love at First Sight, along with the theatrical releases of Dumb Money and A Haunting in Venice; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, God Is a Bullet and Corner Office.

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