Author, editor, and critic. Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE (Random House), a best book of the year per New Yorker, NPR, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Garden & Gun, Esquire, and Entertainment Weekly. NYT Editors' Choice, Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club pick, and John Leonard Prize finalist. Bylines in Guardian, Harper's, Slate, WSJ, Washington Post, Time, Harper's Bazaar, etc. Opinions mine. She/her.