EARLY BIRD Wunderkind novelists are fun to hoot and holler about, but late bloomers deserve a solemn moment of silence. Last week, Boulley’s novel about a biracial college student who witnesses a murder debuted at No. Boulley, who is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, said she was eager to create a character who claims her identity as an Ojibwe woman. She said, “I have a mantra: I’m writing about trauma, but I’m not writing a tragedy.

Source: New York Times April 01, 2021 09:00 UTC