Reimagining ‘The Great Gatsby’ Through Black Lives in Small-Town North Carolina

'In her debut novel No One Is Coming To Save Us (Ecco/2017) Stephanie Powell Watts tells the story of an African-American family living in small-town North Carolina. The book features a young man named J.J. Ferguson who returned to his hometown to impress his high school sweetheart. Watts channels the literary classic The Great Gatsby as well as her experiences growing up Lenoir, N.C.' -- The State of Things | WUNC