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Heads Of The Colored People: Stories

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

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Heads Of The Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires appears in NPR’s 2018 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around short stories, essays & poetry, identity & culture, rather short, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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