Zakiya Harris

2 weeks ago | nybooks.com | Merve Emre |Zakiya Harris

What happens when editors become the subject of satire? Zakiya Dalila Harris, who began her career as an assistant editor at Knopf Doubleday, is the author of the 2021 novel The Other Black Girl, a work of speculative fiction whose protagonist, Nella, is the only black girl, or OBG, to work as an assistant editor at a prestigious publishing imprint—until one day she notices a colleague she hadn’t before.

Jan 12, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Zakiya Harris

DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, by Nnedi OkoraforIn 2019, after Nnedi Okorafor had grown tired of being called an “afrofuturist,” she coined a new descriptor for herself on her blog: “africanfuturist.” Both terms concern the Black diaspora, Okorafor wrote, but africanfuturism is specifically rooted in Africa. “I needed to regain control of how I was being defined,” she asserted.

May 27, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Silvia Moreno-Garcia |Helen Oyeyemi |Zakiya Harris

Manderley and More: Gothic and Unnerving Reads “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”  So begins the fated story of Rebecca, a staple novel in gothic literature, sweeping readers into a world of angst, suspense, and obsession. Along with the darkly romantic tale at its center, fans of Rebecca will note that the house itself, Manderley, acts as a character of its own.

Jan 26, 2024 | thebuzzmagazines.com | Cindy Burnett |David Grann |Matthew Quirk |Zakiya Harris

Historically, most die-hard readers have been firmly in the camp of “the book will always be better than the TV show or movie.” With the advent of streaming platforms and the need for additional content, production companies are choosing to adapt more books to the screen than in the past. These days, with more competition to own a piece of the market, the shows are often much stronger than they used to be.

Jan 12, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Zakiya Harris |Rashida Jones |Adam Fishbach |Jordan Reddout

Video game adaptations have certainly fared better on television than in the movies, and 2023 gave us perhaps the best one we’ve ever gotten in The Last of Us, which dominated the pop culture conversation, thrilled millions of viewers, and made fans out of people who had never even heard of the game. Not only did it win the Golden Tomato for Best New Series, but it was also the Best Horror Series we got last year.