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 | |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Fordham University (MA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Genre | novel |
Life and career
editNaima 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, where she was a member of Skull and Bones.[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]
Novels
edit- 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
edit- Becoming a Mother While Estranged from Your Own, Elle. April 2021.
- Brooklyn Born,[16] Paris Review Daily. May 2018.
- Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?[17] Lit Hub. January 2018.
- My Editor Was Black.[18] Catapult. December 2017.
- Reorientation.[19] Winner of the Cosmonauts Avenue Non-Fiction Prize, judged by Roxane Gay. September 2017.
- Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana's Nevermind.[20] The Rumpus. June 2015.
- More Than Its Parts.[21] A Practical Wedding. July 2014.
- Fire Escape.[22] Arts & Letters. Spring 2012.
- Fontibón.[23] The Ascentos Review. August 2011.
- Brooklyn Bridge Park.[24] The Fordham Observer. July 2011
- Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine.[25] The New York Times. February 2011.
Stories
edit- Lila - Amazon Original Story[26]
- Cold.[27] Aster (ix) Journal (March 2017) & Kweli (June 2016).
- The Spot.[28] Cosmonauts Avenue. November 2016.
- The Beach. The Fordham Observer. August 2011.
- Stories Told When The Lights Go Out.[29] The Ascentos Review. August 2010.
Anthologies
edit- Cosmonauts Avenue Anthology https://cosmonautsavenue.com/shop June 2019.
- This is the Place: Women Writing About Home. Ed. by Margot Case & Kelly McMasters. Seal Press, Nov. 2017.
- Best of Kweli: An Aster(ix) Anthology. Ed. by Angie Cruz & Laura Pegram. Spring 2017.
References
edit- ^ "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Philpott, Lily (2018-11-26). "A PEN Ten Interview with Naima Coster". PEN America. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Schorske, Carina del Valle (2018-01-25). "Owning Brooklyn: An Interview with Naima Coster". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Naima Coster: Gentrification Isn't Just a Buzzword". Literary Hub. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "About". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Professor Naima Coster to read from her new novel Halsey Street on Feb. 28 – English Department". english.wfu.edu. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "I Didn't Consider My Marriage Interracial. That Wasn't Totally Honest". Time. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Other Writing". Naima Coster. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "HALSEY STREET by Naima Coster". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "This debut novel is an incisive portrait of gentrifying Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn". Vox. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "The Winter Books You Should Be Reading Right Now". Gotham. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "'Halsey Street,' by Naima Coster". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "Brooklynite's debut novel is set against a landscape of gentrification". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ Coster, Naima (2018-05-21). "Who Gets to Be "Brooklyn Born"?". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?". Literary Hub. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "My Editor Was Black | Naima Coster". Catapult. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ cosmonautsavenue (2017-09-17). "Naima Coster | Nonfiction". Cosmonauts Avenue. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Albums Of Our Lives: Nirvana's Nevermind - The Rumpus.net". therumpus.net. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "More Than Its Parts | A Practical Wedding". A Practical Wedding: Wedding Planning, Inspiration, and Ideas. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Nannini, Adam (2014-04-16). "Issue 26". Arts and Letters. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Naima Coster". www.acentosreview.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Somewhere in New York City". The Observer. 2011-07-31. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Coster, Naima. "NEW YORK STORY; Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ Coster, Naima (30 July 2019). Lila (The One) Kindle Edition. Amazon Original Stories.
- ^ Coster, Naima (12 March 2017). "Cold". Aster(ix) Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ cosmonautsavenue (2016-11-01). "Naima Coster | The Spot". Cosmonauts Avenue. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
- ^ "Fiction: Naima Coster". www.acentosreview.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
External links
edit- Official website
- Schorske, Carina del Valle (2018-01-25). "Owning Brooklyn: An Interview with Naima Coster". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- "An Interview with Naima Coster « Kenyon Review Blog". The International Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- "University of Northern Colorado to host 2018 Rosenberry Writers' Conference". GreeleyTribune.com. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-03-20.