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Zakiya Dalila Harris

Zakiya Dalila Harris spent nearly three years in editorial at Knopf/Doubleday before leaving to write her debut novel The Other Black Girl. Prior to working in publishing, Zakiya received her MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Guernica and The Rumpus. She lives in Brooklyn. Find here online at www.zakiyadalilaharris.com.
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I Always Thought Writing Was My Form of Protest, but After George Floyd Was Killed, I Took to the Streets

Protesting is in The Other Black Girl author Zakiya Dalila Harris’s blood—but it wasn’t until George Floyd was murdered that she, in spite of the coronavirus threat, felt moved to march.

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