Posts Tagged: Heads of the Colored People

What to Read When Celebrating Black History

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Rumpus editors share a list of books to celebrate Black History Month!

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Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw

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Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.

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What to Read When You Can’t Write

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Courtney Maum shares a reading list to celebrate BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL.

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What to Read When Beach Weather Arrives

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Rumpus editors suggest some of their favorite summertime reads!

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A Heart-Centered Engagement: Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

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Thompson-Spires illustrate[s] the psychic traps set when myths take precedence over lived experience, when “the monstrous head deforms the face.”

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What to Read When You’re a Whiting Award Winner

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The 2018 Whiting Awards winners share books that have inspired them, plus a giveaway!

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