"Black Box" is a science fiction short story published in May 2012 by American writer Jennifer Egan. It was released in an unusual serialized format: as a series of tweets on The New Yorker's Twitter account over nine days beginning May 25, 2012. The story is in the form of "mental dispatches" from a spy living in the Mediterranean area in the near future.
"Black Box" appeared under the title "Lulu the Spy, 2032" in Egan's 2022 novel The Candy House.
Below are literary critiques pertaining to Jennifer Egan's "Black Box":