Black Excellence: Essie Chambers

June 19, 2024

https://www.recorder.com/Greenfield-native-to-debut-novel-Swift-River-appear-on-Today-Show-55546420

Greenfield native to debut novel ‘Swift River,’ appear on Today Show

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/essie-chambers-swift-river-novel

A New Novel Explores How to Develop Black Identity in the Absence of Black Culture

In Essie Chambers’s debut novel, Swift River, protagonist Diamond Newberry finds ways to fill the gaps in her family tree.