Heads of the colored people stories
"Calling to mind the best works of Paul Beatty and Junot Diaz, this collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
37INK/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First 37INK/Atria Books hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Heads of the colored people: four fancy sketches, two chalk outlines, and no apology
- The necessary changes have been made
- Belles lettres
- The body's defenses against itself
- Fatima, the biloquist: a transformation story
- The subject of consumption
- Suicide, watch
- Whisper to a scream
- Not today, Marjorie
- This Todd
- A conversation about bread
- Wash clean the bones.
