Nella Larsen
2 books
- Helga Crane never quite fits anywhere, not Harlem, not Copenhagen, and you feel her restlessness in your own chest as she keeps moving. It's short and beautifully written but genuinely suffocating by the end, so save it for when you can sit with that.
- A slim handful of stories, sharper and stranger than you'd expect, each one built around a quiet betrayal that lands in the last paragraph. Sanctuary alone, where a mother hides a fugitive without knowing what he's done, will sit with you.