Thank you to the Bennington Writing Seminars and particularly Alexander Chee, who insisted that this initial short story be made into a novel. Have you ever steered anyone wrong?
Thank you to Leipzig University and ZORA Magazine for giving me the space to write and rewrite this novel as I managed teaching and editing, respectively.
Thanks be to God for peace beyond all understanding as I grappled with very difficult topics.
Thank you to Harlem for all her history, sound, cuisine, and magic.
Thank you to RD for all of your love.
About the Author
MORGAN JERKINS is a senior editor at Medium’s ZORA magazine. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vogue, the New York Times, the Atlantic, Elle, Rolling Stone, and BuzzFeed, among many other outlets. She lives in New York.
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