How Rob Franklin Wrote 'Great Black Hope,' the Novel You’ll See by Every Hamptons Lounger This Summer

Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Margo Jefferson sits down with the debut novelist to discuss the makings of his literary mystery, from channeling the work of E. Franklin Frazier and Frantz Fanon, to finding inspiration in Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s “brand of elegant ’90s white femininity.”

Jun 4, 2025 - 16:04
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How Rob Franklin Wrote 'Great Black Hope,' the Novel You’ll See by Every Hamptons Lounger This Summer
Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Margo Jefferson sits down with the debut novelist to discuss the makings of his literary mystery, from channeling the work of E. Franklin Frazier and Frantz Fanon, to finding inspiration in Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s “brand of elegant ’90s white femininity.”