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Raven Leilani

Raven Leilani is the author of Luster and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. Her fiction and essays have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, Granta, and n+1.

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Literary Fiction20 May 2027 · UK

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Raven Leilani

The fallout from an exposé places seven artists at the center of questions about complicity, corroboration, and who bears the cost of artistic power.

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