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Nafissa Thompson-Spires (born 1983) is an African American writer. Her first book, Heads of the Colored People (2019), won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction , the PEN/Open Book Award , and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction.
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner [22] [23] [24] Wayétu Moore: She Would Be King: Finalist [23] Jamel Brinkley: A Lucky Man: Finalist [23] Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black: Nominee [23] David Chariandy: Brother: Nominee Esi Edugyan: Washington Black: Nominee 2020 Curdella Forbes: A Tall History of Sugar: Winner ...
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner [41] Lisa Halliday: Asymmetry: Finalist [42] Katya Apekina: The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish: R. O. Kwon: The Incendiaries: Tommy Orange: There There: 2019 Namwali Serpell: The Old Drift: Winner [43] [44] De’Shawn Charles Winslow: In West Mills: Finalist [45] Sarah Elaine ...
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People (paperback) Nominee [17] Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call: Activist Voice for Social Justice: Nominee [17] 2020 Hal Banfield: I Am Dance: Words and Images of the Black Dancer: Winner [18] Erica Campbell
The Aspen Words Literary Prize, established in 2018, is an annual literary award presented by Aspen Words, a literary center in Aspen, Colorado.The prize is presented to an author for "an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” [1] Winners receive a US$35,000 prize.
Nafissa Thompson-Spires: Heads of the Colored People: Winner [18] Shauna Barbosa: Cape Verdean Blues: Finalist [19] Jenny Xie: Eye Level: Tyrese Coleman: How to Sit: A Memoir in Stories and Essays: Ángel García: Teeth Never Sleep: 2020: Brandon Shimoda: The Grave on the Wall: Winner [20] Camonghne Felix: Build Yourself a Boat: Finalist [21 ...
Taken during the Jan. 6 insurrection, the photo shows a solitary White man, his head pressed in prayer against a massive wooden cross, facing the domed US Capitol building. An American flag stands ...
H. K. Edgerton (born 1948), neoconfederate activist and President of the Asheville, North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Joe Felmet, civil rights activist; Susan C. Fisher, North Carolina House of Representatives; D. Bruce Goforth, North Carolina House of Representatives