Nafissa Thompson-Spires
@nafissa.bsky.social
Author. Essayist. ‘80s stan. Jane Fonda enthusiast. Wrote HEADS of the COLORED PEOPLE. Doctor if you’re nasty.
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DC! Join me at @politicsprose.bsky.social on Saturday, 10/18 to celebrate 🎉 National Book Award finalist 🎉 @meghamaj.bsky.social and her hauntingly gorgeous new novel A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF
Megha Majumdar — A Guardian and a Thief - with Nicole Chung — at Conn Ave
Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***
politics-prose.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
DC! Join me at @politicsprose.bsky.social on Saturday, 10/18 to celebrate 🎉 National Book Award finalist 🎉 @meghamaj.bsky.social and her hauntingly gorgeous new novel A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF
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Also new to the Warren Wilson Fiction Faculty this upcoming semester is @nafissa.bsky.social. Nafissa is the author of Heads of the Colored People, which won the PEN Open Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Award for Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Also new to the Warren Wilson Fiction Faculty this upcoming semester is @nafissa.bsky.social. Nafissa is the author of Heads of the Colored People, which won the PEN Open Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Award for Fiction, and the Los Angeles Times’s Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
I’m teaching two @tin_house craft intensives this fall 🙌🏾☺️. The first one, October 18th, is called For Art’s Sake. Registration is $75, and there is a scholarship available. Full course description below:
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m teaching two @tin_house craft intensives this fall 🙌🏾☺️. The first one, October 18th, is called For Art’s Sake. Registration is $75, and there is a scholarship available. Full course description below:
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Dare to create boldly and bravely at the 2025 Tin House Autumn Online Workshop – a place where reinvigorated myths, alternate histories, and the deeply uncanny are all welcome! Let you own unique storytelling take flight and apply today!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
May 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Dare to create boldly and bravely at the 2025 Tin House Autumn Online Workshop – a place where reinvigorated myths, alternate histories, and the deeply uncanny are all welcome! Let you own unique storytelling take flight and apply today!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
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Great review of Naomi Cohn's THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPEDIA in THE RUMPUS (@handle.invalid) today. See also my interview with Naomi Cohn in CRAFT. www.craftliterary.com/2025/03/07/i...
May 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great review of Naomi Cohn's THE BRAILLE ENCYCLOPEDIA in THE RUMPUS (@handle.invalid) today. See also my interview with Naomi Cohn in CRAFT. www.craftliterary.com/2025/03/07/i...
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My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a
Donate to Help Esme Stay Close to Chris in Hospital, organized by Esmé Weijun Wang
My name is Esme Weijun Wang and I'm an author, speaker, and teacher. My hus… Esmé Weijun Wang needs your support for Help Esme Stay Close to Chris in Hospital
gofund.me
December 7, 2024 at 12:08 AM
My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a
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Good morning. Please join me in donating to this Palestinian family. Any amount helps! Thank you for your generosity.
I am sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud and his wife Duaa were language teachers before the war started and Duaa was 2 months pregnant with Adam. Since then they have lost their home, been displaced 4 times and Duaa gave birth in very unsanitary conditions.
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Good morning. Please join me in donating to this Palestinian family. Any amount helps! Thank you for your generosity.
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Please welcome—and support—the trans poet librarian @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social who is raising funds for his legal fight for accountability with his employer.
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Please welcome—and support—the trans poet librarian @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social who is raising funds for his legal fight for accountability with his employer.
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Sending around Muhanned’s fundraiser again for him and his family: gofund.me/64b19540
Donate to Help Muhannad Secure a Future for his Family in Gaza, organized by Lauren M
As the second eldest in the family, Muhannad has been forced to make cho… Lauren M needs your support for Help Muhannad Secure a Future for his Family in Gaza
gofund.me
September 30, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Sending around Muhanned’s fundraiser again for him and his family: gofund.me/64b19540
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A bright spot next week is that I have the honor of doing this with the amazing @rokwon.bsky.social:
a booksellers-only event of my dreams: next week, 5/8, I’m talking with beloved & longtime hero @alexanderchee.bsky.social about EXHIBIT 🖤
it’s a preview cocktail party with The Word, & an EXHIBIT-related cocktail recipe will be made available to attendees 🍸
it’s a preview cocktail party with The Word, & an EXHIBIT-related cocktail recipe will be made available to attendees 🍸
May 2, 2024 at 10:24 PM
A bright spot next week is that I have the honor of doing this with the amazing @rokwon.bsky.social:
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March 6th, I am in conversation with Tommy Orange about his new novel Wandering Stars at the Union Square Barnes and Noble! Get your tickets here: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
Tommy Orange discusses WANDERING STARS with Miwa Messer and Roxane Gay for a POURED OVER live podcast taping
Join us for an in-store event, Tommy Orange discusses WANDERING STARS with Miwa Messer and Roxane Gay for a POURED OVER live podcast taping, on Wednesday, March 06, 2024.
stores.barnesandnoble.com
February 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
March 6th, I am in conversation with Tommy Orange about his new novel Wandering Stars at the Union Square Barnes and Noble! Get your tickets here: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
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hello! I've compiled a list of 2024 books I'm anticipating from women of color & here it is, a bonanza of novels, essay collections, memoirs, & more
electricliterature.com/75-books-by-...
electricliterature.com/75-books-by-...
75 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2024 - Electric Literature
We couldn’t be more excited for these highly anticipated books to hit shelves in the coming year
electricliterature.com
December 28, 2023 at 6:41 PM
hello! I've compiled a list of 2024 books I'm anticipating from women of color & here it is, a bonanza of novels, essay collections, memoirs, & more
electricliterature.com/75-books-by-...
electricliterature.com/75-books-by-...
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Please consider donating to a close friend of mine in Durham who has had an unimaginably difficult time and needs money to fix or replace her car so that she can support her lovely kids. Even a couple hundred more dollars will make *all* the difference.
Need car to go to work and for my girls, organized by Artis Parker
Hello my name is Artis I had a car it stop working transmission and Cadillac con… Artis Parker needs your support for Need car to go to work and for my girls
www.gofundme.com
August 17, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Please consider donating to a close friend of mine in Durham who has had an unimaginably difficult time and needs money to fix or replace her car so that she can support her lovely kids. Even a couple hundred more dollars will make *all* the difference.
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perfect sunday to melt into the couch with one of my favorite authors @nafissa.bsky.social
August 13, 2023 at 9:37 PM
perfect sunday to melt into the couch with one of my favorite authors @nafissa.bsky.social
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Launching my debut YA FORGIVE ME NOT in a month! First up, Queens #NYC and DC! On August 15, I'll bring in convo w/ bestselling authors Renée Watson & Brendan Kiely (link to register below).
#2023debuts
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgive-me-not-book-launch-tickets-672537376397?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#2023debuts
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgive-me-not-book-launch-tickets-672537376397?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
July 20, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Launching my debut YA FORGIVE ME NOT in a month! First up, Queens #NYC and DC! On August 15, I'll bring in convo w/ bestselling authors Renée Watson & Brendan Kiely (link to register below).
#2023debuts
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgive-me-not-book-launch-tickets-672537376397?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
#2023debuts
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forgive-me-not-book-launch-tickets-672537376397?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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Black-owned #Bookstore Adanne in #Brooklyn also needs support as they are forced to vacate their space. Please #Donate and/or #share.
https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/adanne-black-owned-bookstore-relocation?fbclid=PAAabrBXFascPvT-s2xbEL4r33AoPIKlRRVHTMqQPvENlb2Rgmrp7QBIk5tEg
https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/adanne-black-owned-bookstore-relocation?fbclid=PAAabrBXFascPvT-s2xbEL4r33AoPIKlRRVHTMqQPvENlb2Rgmrp7QBIk5tEg
www.ifundwomen.com
July 7, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Black-owned #Bookstore Adanne in #Brooklyn also needs support as they are forced to vacate their space. Please #Donate and/or #share.
https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/adanne-black-owned-bookstore-relocation?fbclid=PAAabrBXFascPvT-s2xbEL4r33AoPIKlRRVHTMqQPvENlb2Rgmrp7QBIk5tEg
https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/adanne-black-owned-bookstore-relocation?fbclid=PAAabrBXFascPvT-s2xbEL4r33AoPIKlRRVHTMqQPvENlb2Rgmrp7QBIk5tEg
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thinking yet again of this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye:
No Explosions
To enjoy
fireworks
you would have
to have lived
a different kind
of life
No Explosions
To enjoy
fireworks
you would have
to have lived
a different kind
of life
July 4, 2023 at 12:29 AM
thinking yet again of this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye:
No Explosions
To enjoy
fireworks
you would have
to have lived
a different kind
of life
No Explosions
To enjoy
fireworks
you would have
to have lived
a different kind
of life