{"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. Bingham Prize *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Kirkus Prize and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Undefeated\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn one of the season's most acclaimed works of fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers \"a firecracker of a book...a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with race, identity politics, and the contemporary middle class in this \"vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive\" (George Saunders, author of \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e) collection.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of utterly original characters. 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. Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires \"has taken the best of what Toni Cade Bambara, Morgan Parker, and Junot Díaz do plus a whole lot of something we've never seen in American literature, blended it all together...giving us one of the finest short-story collections\" (Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49564528902417,"sku":"CIN1501168002VG","price":4.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49632832520465,"sku":"GOR011336079","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49852015378705,"sku":"CIN1501168002A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49853042753809,"sku":"CIN1501168002G","price":3.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49936715448593,"sku":"GOR010055444","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51030857318673,"sku":"NIN9781501168000","price":17.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53653469856017,"sku":"GOR014994466","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1501168002.jpg?v=1751373740","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/heads-of-the-colored-people-book-nafissa-thompson-spires-9781501168000","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}