Uncompromising Black Joy in “Open Water” – Chicago Review of Books

Uncompromising Black Joy in “Open Water” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Open Water, the debut novel by Caleb Azumah Nelson, begins when a barber notices the unnamed protagonist exchanging gazes in the mirror with a woman getting her hair cut. The barber says: “You two are in something. I don’t know what it is, but you guys are in something. Some people call it a … Read more