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  • English prof's first book: Stories of 'misfits, nerds, weirdos'

    Dec 4, 2018 9:30 am by Jodi HeckelCampus Life
    Professor Nafissa Thompson-Spires with the jacket of her book, 'Heads of the Colored People'

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    • Professor Nafissa Thompson-Spires with the jacket of her book, 'Heads of the Colored People'

    Nafissa Thompson-Spires's collection of short stories, filled with 'misfits, nerds and weirdos,' was on the longlist for the 2018 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize