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    For greater empathy, read Black fiction

    Jul 10, 2020 4 minutes
    By Jasmine Guillory
    PHOTOGRAPH BY NAKEYA BROWN FOR TIME
    Time Off is reported by Mariah Espada, Josh Rosenberg and Julia Zorthian

    ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL TELL you that I love being the center of attention. But for my fifth book, Party of Two, I was compelled to write about a character who shies away from the spotlight. Yes, she’s a Black woman like me, and yes, she’s a lawyer, which I was. But just because Olivia and I are alike on the surface doesn’t mean we’re the same.

    The five Black women at the heart of each of my books are all different from one another, and from me, which means I’ve had to discover their

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