Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Illinois, United States
Member Since: 08/22/2012
Twitter Username: @@TisforThompson
Publications
- Heads of the Colored People , Atria/ 37 Ink (US), Chatto and Windus (UK)
- "Belles-Lettres" , Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly
- "Fatima the Biloquist: A Transformation Story" , Lunch Ticket (June 2016)
- "Heads of the Colored People: Four Fancy Sketches, Two Chalk Outlines, and No Apology" , Story Quarterly (January 2016)
- "This Todd" , Blinders Literary Journal
- "Food-Related Flashes" , The Feminist Wire
- "The Body's Defenses Against Itself" , Compose
- "Whisper to a Scream" , East Bay Review
Awards
- Winner, Story Quarterly Annual Fiction Prize, judged by Mat Johnson (2015)
- Winner, Josephine Brezee Memorial Award in Short Fiction (2014)
- Honorable Mention, Josephine Brezee Memorial Award in Short Fiction (2013)
Degrees
- Doctoral Degree in English from Vanderbilt University
- Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Genres of Interest
Fiction, Screenwriting, Children's literature