01863cam a2200325 i 4500 623505250 TxAuBib 20190625120000.0 190208s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019005278 9781432865382 large print; hardcover; alkaline paper 1432865382 large print; hardcover; alkaline paper (OCoLC)1085577876 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda rda DLC OCLCO rda DLC OCLCF IFK BKL TXKPL TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF IFK BKL TXKPL TxAuBib rda Thompson-Spires, Nafissa, author. Heads of the Colored People / stories By Nafissa Thompson-Spires. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. 293 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A stunning new talent in literary fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with black identity and the contemporary middle class in compelling, boundary-pushing vignettes. Each 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; a teen torn between her upper-middle-class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture. Exquisitely rendered, satirical, and captivating, they all shine a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. 20190625. American fiction African American authors. Short stories. Black people Race identity Fiction. Fiction. TXKPL