Why A 'Colorblind' Suburb In The 1990s Might Be The Best Place To Set A Novel About Race

Celeste Ng, author of the wildly bestselling novel Little Fires Everywhere, says that most people in the U.S. now understand race differently than they did in the 1990s, which makes that decade a great setting for her book. "The decade was, in general, one of optimism; it was 'placid ... a little self-satisfied.'"

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