The thing about their meeting is that no one knows they share a teenage connection, and so the two spend a big bulk of the novel pretending that no one can see the thing brewing between them.
In other words, an author with a capital A. Eva writes vampire erotica and Shane is a Colson Whitehead type. The book follows two long-lost, star-crossed lovers Eva and Shane, who have been separated by time, distance, and an unspoken betrayal only to run into each other again 15 years later at a books panel at the Brooklyn Museum.
Seven Days in June, which was released in June, is her fifth novel. Those ruminations led to this series, in which I actually ask the authors of recently released novels, biographies, and nonfiction what books they read while they wrote, and what books they feel their book is in conversation with.įor the fifth installment of this column, I spoke with Tia Williams, author of The Perfect Find, a soon-to-be Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. I’ve long imagined, for instance, that Alice Walker thought fondly of Zora Neale Hurston while writing The Color Purple, or Nicole Dennis-Benn called on Toni Morrison while crafting Here Comes the Sun. When I read a book, I find myself wondering what books the author read while they were writing it.
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