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Summary
Nella Rogers, a Black editorial assistant at a publishing house called Wagner Books, is working at her cubicle when she smells Brown Buttah, a hair care product popular among Black women. She realizes that there must be another Black woman in the office, a suspicion that is corroborated when one of Nella’s white coworkers, Sophie, approaches her and informs her that Maisy Glendower, one of the editors, is interviewing a Black woman for a potential position.
A couple of weeks later, Nella’s boss, Vera, calls Nella into her office to give feedback on a novel by Colin Franklin called Needles and Pins. Nella feels that the book’s only Black character amounts to a one-dimensional caricature, but is anxious about telling Vera this. Just as Nella is about to work up the courage to tell Vera her opinion of Needles and...
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This section contains 1,337 words (approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page) |
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