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Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett is the author of The Mothers and The Vanishing Half. Her essays have appeared in The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
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Literary Fiction8 June 2027 · US
The Last Diva
Bennett follows The Vanishing Half with a novel about rivalry and the ownership of a public life. Its music-world setting connects literary fiction with the cultural histories that shape how audiences remember famous women.