Coverage of Nafissa Thompson-Spires's 'Heads of the Colored People'

Next semester, I'm covering Nafissa Thompson-Spires's short story collection Heads of the Colored People with a large group of students. In the leadup. I'm writing a few pieces on the collection. I wanted to start with a roundup of articles and interviews focusing on the book and Thompson-Spires.  

2019 

• Sept. 26: Author  leads discussion on racial identity, diversity - Kimberly Monitto - Gettysburg.edu

• Aug. 3: 'more stories about nerdy black people' (interview)- Anita Sethi - The Guardian  

• June 19: Heads of the Colored People - Patrick Lohier - Harvard Review Online

• May 9: Heads of the Colored People (interview) - Michael Silverblatt - KCRW

• April 17: Discussion Guide: Heads of the Colored People - DC Public Library 

• March 19: Heads of the Colored People - Toni - Alligator Woods 

• Feb. 26: Heads of the Colored People - Panama Jackson - Very Smart Brothas

• Feb. 18: Antoinette Nwandu to Adapt “Wash Clean the Bones” for Amazon - Laura Berger - Women and Hollywood

2018

• Dec. 4: English professor's first book tells stories of...black Americans - Jodi Heckel - Illinois.edu

• October 12: Heads of the Colored People - Victoria Adukwei Bulley - The White Review

• Sept. 28: Heads of the Colored People...one size doesn't fit all - Lucy Sholes - Financial Times

• Sept. 27: Heads of the Colored People - Colin Grant - The Guardian

• Aug. 8: Lauded author depicting perils of everyday black life... - Christopher Borrelli - Chicago Tribune

• May 8: Heads of the Colored People - Jennifer Audette - Fiction Writers Review

• April 30: Twenty-First-Century Word Paintings - Gabrielle Bellot - LA Review of Books

• April 25: What If Readers Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From My Writing? - Nafissa Thompson-Spires - Lit Hub

• April 20: Heads of the Colored People - Morgan Jerkins - Oprah 

• April 18: A Heart-Centered Engagement - Allison Noelle Conner - The Rumpus

• April 15: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’ (interview)  - John Williams - New York Times

• April 11: Heads of the Colored People tells vital stories of black identity - David Canfield - EW

• April 10: Heads of the Colored People Takes on the Pressures Of Being 'The Only One' (interview) - NPR

• April 10: Belles Lettres - Nafissa Thompson-Spires - Poets & Writers

• Feb. 1: Heads of the Colored People - Amanda Winterroth - Booklist

• Jan. 23: Heads of the Colored People - Kirkus Reviews 

• January 1: Heads of the Colored People - Publishers Weekly

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