Amid the surprise drop of her long-awaited and several Twitter rants, including one that graced us with “Igloo Australia,” Azealia Banks has been pursuing another creative outlet — writing. The budding novelist recently shared an excerpt from her upcoming book project, which she describes as a fable. Her album “Broke With Expensive Taste” serves as the soundtrack for the book, which features Delilah as the main character.

Maisley was one of the Lynch family’s eldest and wisest servants, and spent her life raising several generations of Lynch children, including Delilah’s father. Much to Maisley’s surprise, as repayment for her years of loyalty and care, her own son would lose his life to one of the children she spent her lifetime caring for. When Delilah’s father was just becoming a man, barely old enough to herd cattle or control his own horse, he beat and murdered Maisley’s son for accidentally tipping and spilling a bail of cotton. It had been 23 years since Maisley gathered her son’s body from the bottom of the Artubus tree, or spoke her last word. Nowadays, she sat quietly, responding gently to requests made of her, and watching little Delilah when Mrs. Lynch was away from the plantation, or otherwise occupied. Ms. Maisley heard everything and saw even more.

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