Nafissa Thompson-Spires is the author of the award-winning, National Book Awardlonglisted short story collection, Heads of the Colored People. She earned a doctorate in English from ----Vanderbilt University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from ------the University of Illinois. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, New York Magazine's "The Cut," The Root, The White Review, Ploughshares,400 Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019, and The 1619 Project, among other publications. She is the recipient of a 2024 United States Artists Grant and a 2019 Whiting Award.
Is there a new Nafissa Thompson-Spires book coming out?
Yes. The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford is out on 28 January 2027.
What is the most recent Nafissa Thompson-Spires release?
Heads of the Colored People, released August 2019.
How many Nafissa Thompson-Spires books does LoveReading have?
2, listed above with the newest first.
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