Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Praise for Heads of the Colored People

Outstanding... Smart, witty and so very well written

Roxane Gay

The level of detail that goes into each of Nafissa Thompson-Spires’s sentences is astonishing, and the worlds that she can create in just a few words are mind-blowing. Ready yourself for this collectio ...

Candice Carty-Williams

The kind of collection that makes you shake your head in delight. Her voice is fresh-laundry-clean: I have not read anything like it in years. The prose is cunning. It appears simple, but ...

Bim Adewunmi, Guardian

Outstanding... Smart, witty and so very well written

Roxane Gay

The level of detail that goes into each of Nafissa Thompson-Spires’s sentences is astonishing, and the worlds that she can create in just a few words are mind-blowing. Ready yourself for this collectio ...

Candice Carty-Williams

The kind of collection that makes you shake your head in delight. Her voice is fresh-laundry-clean: I have not read anything like it in years. The prose is cunning. It appears simple, but ...

Bim Adewunmi, Guardian

Outstanding... Smart, witty and so very well written

Roxane Gay

The level of detail that goes into each of Nafissa Thompson-Spires’s sentences is astonishing, and the worlds that she can create in just a few words are mind-blowing. Ready yourself for this collectio ...

Candice Carty-Williams

The kind of collection that makes you shake your head in delight. Her voice is fresh-laundry-clean: I have not read anything like it in years. The prose is cunning. It appears simple, but ...

Bim Adewunmi, Guardian

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