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This electric collection of short stories marks the arrival of a remarkable writer and an urgent new voice.  *Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2019*  *Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2019*","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512431943953,"sku":"GOR010333157","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49544891171089,"sku":"GOR010786298","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49777153376529,"sku":"NGR9781784706586","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51397762744593,"sku":"GOR010346613","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784706582.jpg?v=1751424861"},{"product_id":"heads-of-the-colored-people-book-nafissa-thompson-spires-9781501168000","title":"Heads of the Colored People","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN Open Book Award *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whiting Award *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNominated for the PEN\/Robert W. 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Some are darkly humorous--two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids' backpacks--while others are devastatingly poignant. In the title story, when a cosplayer, dressed as his favorite anime character, is mistaken for a violent threat the consequences are dire; in another story, a teen struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with so-called black culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. 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