Naima Coster

Naima Coster is a Dominican-American writer known for her debut novel, Halsey Street, which was published in January 2018. Coster is the recipient of numerous awards including a Pushcart Prize nomination.[1]

Naima Coster
Coster at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Coster at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University (BA)
Fordham University (MA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Genrenovel

Life and career

Naima Coster was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. She identifies as Black and Latina.[2][3]

Coster holds an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University, an MA in English and Creative Writing from Fordham University, and a BA in English and African American studies from Yale University.[4] She is an alumna of Prep for Prep, a leadership development program in New York City. She has taught writing to students in jail, youth programs, and universities.

She is the author of two novels, Halsey Street, and What's Mine and Yours. Her novels address topics such as gentrification, integration, and racial and cultural identity.[5][6]

Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Rumpus, Arts & Letters, Kweli, and Guernica. She also writes the newsletter, Bloom How You Must.[7] As of 2018, she was a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University[8] in North Carolina, where she lives with her family.[9]

Works [10]

Novels
  • Halsey Street. Amazon Publishing, 2017. ISBN 9781503941175. OCLC 1026852371[11][12][13][14][15]
  • What's Mine and Yours. Grand Central Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978-1538702345.

Essays

Stories

Anthologies

References
  1. "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. Philpott, Lily (2018-11-26). "A PEN Ten Interview with Naima Coster". PEN America. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. Schorske, Carina del Valle (2018-01-25). "Owning Brooklyn: An Interview with Naima Coster". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. "Naima Coster: Gentrification Isn't Just a Buzzword". Literary Hub. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  6. Francis-Sharma, Lauren (2021-03-02). "Two Families Are Brought Together by a Busing Initiative". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. "Professor Naima Coster to read from her new novel Halsey Street on Feb. 28 – English Department". english.wfu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  9. "I Didn't Consider My Marriage Interracial. That Wasn't Totally Honest". Time. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  10. "Other Writing". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  11. "HALSEY STREET by Naima Coster". Kirkus Reviews.
  12. "This debut novel is an incisive portrait of gentrifying Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn". Vox. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  13. "The Winter Books You Should Be Reading Right Now". Gotham. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  14. "'Halsey Street,' by Naima Coster". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  15. "Brooklynite's debut novel is set against a landscape of gentrification". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  16. Coster, Naima (2018-05-21). "Who Gets to Be "Brooklyn Born"?". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  17. "Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?". Literary Hub. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  18. "My Editor Was Black | Naima Coster". Catapult. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  19. cosmonautsavenue (2017-09-17). "Naima Coster | Nonfiction". Cosmonauts Avenue. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  20. "Albums Of Our Lives: Nirvana's Nevermind - The Rumpus.net". therumpus.net. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  21. "More Than Its Parts | A Practical Wedding". A Practical Wedding: Wedding Planning, Inspiration, and Ideas. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  22. Nannini, Adam (2014-04-16). "Issue 26". Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  23. "Naima Coster". www.acentosreview.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  24. "Somewhere in New York City". The Observer. 2011-07-31. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  25. Coster, Naima. "NEW YORK STORY; Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  26. Coster, Naima (30 July 2019). Lila (The One) Kindle Edition. Amazon Original Stories.
  27. Coster, Naima (12 March 2017). "Cold". Aster(ix) Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  28. cosmonautsavenue (2016-11-01). "Naima Coster | The Spot". Cosmonauts Avenue. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  29. "Fiction: Naima Coster". www.acentosreview.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
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