Saturday, August 22, 2026

Ten titles about people making art together

Emma Copley Eisenberg is the nationally bestselling author of two books of fiction— Fat Swim and Housemates, nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Fiction and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize — and the nonfiction book The Third Rainbow Girl, a New York Times Notable Book and Editor’s Choice.

The Page 99 Test: The Third Rainbow Girl.

At Tertulia Eisenberg tagged ten "essential reads that explore the life-changing possibilities of creating things with other people." One title on the list:
Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal by Yuval Taylor

This work of narrative nonfiction book about the complicated friendship and tragic artistic collaboration between Zora Neale Hurtson and Langston Hughes reads like the best kind of novel.
Read about the other entries on the list.

The Page 99 Test: Zora and Langston.

--Marshal Zeringue