'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

Ari Shapiro
Becky Sullivan
Noah Caldwell

April 19, 2021 / 1:12 pm

Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.

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'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love

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