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At the center of author Naima Coster's novel What's Mine & Yours are two struggling mothers. Jade is a Black single mother who is trying to provide a better life for her son, and Lacey May is a white mother who is trying to give her daughters the life she never had. Their stories will intertwine over decades, starting with when Lacey May opposes the integration of her daughters' school – the same school Jade is trying to get her son into. Coster told NPR's Audie Cornish that fiction gives us a window into other people's lives but that does not mean we have to condone their actions.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Tom's guest is Naima Coster, the author of the New York Times best seller, What's Mine and Yours, which has been chosen by Maryland Humanities as 2022's One Maryland One Book. This program allows Marylanders all over the state to read the same book and have the opportunity to talk about it with other readers, and with the author. Naima Coster's novel explores the dynamics of family and community, and the divisions that course through the lives of sisters and their circle, in a story that pivots from North Carolina to California, France, and elsewhere. Naima Coster was in Maryland in October, engaging readers across the state about What's Mine and Yours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a racially segregated community is suddenly forced to integrate high schools, it inextricably intertwines families on opposite sides of the divide. How two of those families navigate the chaos — and its ripple effects for years to come — is at the heart of Naima Coster's novel, “What's Mine and Yours.” Coster joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for the season finale of the 2021 Talking Volumes series, Talking Race. We hope it will whet your appetite for Miller's conversation with Clint Smith this coming Friday, when they will talk about his book, “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.” Guest: Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her most recent is “What's Mine and Yours.” To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. 

(This conversation was originally broadcast on September 30, 2022) Welcome to this archive edition of Midday.  Today, we'll revisit conversations Tom had last September with two novelists who have written books about racial inequality, liberation and integration. They are very different stories, but they are both insightful, provocative, and compelling. Naima Coster is the author of What's Mine and Yours.  It was chosen as the 2022 One Maryland, One Book selection by Maryland Humanities. We'll talk with Naima a little later in the program. (That conversation is posted separately.) We begin with Dr. Wendy Shaia, who serves on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Social Work, and as the Executive Director of the Social Work Community Outreach Service. For years, she's done anti-racism work, and she's written numerous scholarly articles. Her first novel is set in Baltimore in the near future. It imagines a secret organization of Black men and women who train and organize for armed resistance to white supremacy. It is part dystopian fiction, and part ripped from the headlines. Part Wakanda and part Consent Decree. Part Black Panther Movement and part Unite the Right. It's called The Black Cell, and it's been chosen as a finalist in the 2022 American Fiction Awards. Wendy Shaia joined Tom on Zoom. Because our conversation was pre-recorded, we can't take any new calls or comments today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(This conversation was originally broadcast on September 30, 2022.) Welcome back to this encore edition of Midday.  Tom's next guest is Naima Coster, the author of the New York Times best seller, What's Mine and Yours, which has been chosen by Maryland Humanities as this year's One Maryland One Book. That's a program in which Marylanders all over the state read the same book, and have the opportunity to talk about it with other readers, and with the author. Naima Coster's novel explores the dynamics of family and community, and the divisions that course through the lives of sisters and their circle, in a story that pivots from North Carolina to California, France, and elsewhere. Naima Coster was in Maryland in October, engaging readers across the state about What's Mine and Yours. She joined Tom on Zoom from New York before her trip. A reminder that because our show was pre-recorded, we can't take any new calls or online comments. _____________________________________________ ABOUT THE ONE MARYLAND ONE BOOK PROGRAMEvery fall, Maryland Humanities calls for suggestions from the public, as well as from educators, librarians and book clubs, about what book should be chosen as the year's One Maryland One Book selection. The books are selected around a particular theme each year. Past authors whose work has been chosen as the One Maryland One Book selection include Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Ross Gay, Lisa See, Mona Hannah-Attisha and Daniel James Brown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Midday, conversations with two novelists who have written books about racial inequality, liberation and integration. They are very different stories, but they are both insightful, provocative, and compelling. Naima Coster is the author of What's Mine and Yours.  We'll talk with Naima a little later in the program. We begin with Dr. Wendy Shaia, who serves on the faculty of the University of MD School of Social Work, and as the Executive Director of the Social Work Community Outreach Service. For years, she's done anti-racism work, and she's written numerous scholarly articles. Her first novel is set in Baltimore in the near future. It imagines a secret organization of Black men and women who train and organize for armed resistance to white supremacy. It is part dystopian fiction, and part ripped from the headlines. Part Wakanda and part Consent Decree. Part Black Panther Movement and part Unite the Right. It's called The Black Cell, and it's been chosen as a finalist in the 2022 American Fiction Awards. Tomorrow at 4pm, Dr. Shaia will talk about it at Busboys and Poets in Baltimore. Click the link for more info. Wendy Shaia joins us here on Midday today, on Zoom, from Gambrills, Maryland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining Tom now is Naima Coster, the author of the New York Times best seller, What's Mine and Yours, which has been chosen by Maryland Humanities as this year's One Maryland One Book. That's a program in which Marylanders all over the state read the same book, and have the opportunity to talk about it with other readers, and with the author. Naima Coster's novel explores the dynamics of family and community, and the divisions that course through the lives of sisters and their circle in a story that pivots from North Carolina to California, France, and elsewhere. Ms. Coster will be appearing throughout the state next week, beginning this Sunday afternoon, when she'll talk about What's Mine and Yours at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Naima Coster joins us today on Zoom from New York…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Often, mothers are put a pedestal that it is way too easy to fall off. In this bonus episode, bestselling author Naima Coster discusses her book, 'What's Mine and Yours', messy mother characters as well as dealing with grief in her own parenting journey.Naima's novel, 'What's Mine and Yours', is available now.Follow Black Ballad on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. Let us know what you think about this episode on Twitter by using the hashtag #BBSurvivalGuide.Not yet a member of Black Ballad? Sign up and use the code ‘THRIVE' for a discount for 50% off 12 months membership.The theme music for this podcast was produced by Dar'rell Banks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the center of author Naima Coster's novel What's Mine & Yours are two struggling mothers. Jade is a Black single mother who is trying to provide a better life for her son, and Lacey May is a white mother who is trying to give her daughters the life she never had. Their stories will intertwine over decades, starting with when Lacey May opposes the integration of her daughters' school – the same school Jade is trying to get her son into. Coster told NPR's Audie Cornish that fiction gives us a window into other people's lives but that does not mean we have to condone their actions.

Black cake by Charmaine Wilkerson is about family, love, pride, tradition, and lies | Book Review Podcast Website: https://gobookmart.com Buy Now: https://amzn.to/331uxbp “Black Cake is a satisfying literary meal, heralding the arrival of a new novelist to watch.” —Associated Press “A stellar first-time entry from a talented new writer that's full of food, surfing, and rich patois.”—BET “Crafted with delicate intention and textured with a blend of perspectives.”—Vulture “I was instantly taken in by this multigenerational tale of identity, family, and the lifelong push and pull of home. This novel has a tremendous heart at its center, and I felt its beat on every page. What an extraordinary debut.”—Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes “Exquisite and expansive, Black Cake took ahold of me from the first page and didn't let go. This is a novel about the formation and reformation of a family, and the many people, places, and events that can shape our inheritances without our knowing. A gripping, poignant debut from an important, new voice.”—Naima Coster, New York Times bestselling author of What's Mine and Yours “Black Cake has all the ingredients of the tastiest stories: secrets, romance, danger, and a cast of characters so real you want to scream at them one moment and hug them the next.”—Dawnie Walton, author of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev “So beautifully written I'm struggling to believe it's a debut . . . The cake is the glue that holds all the layers together and the scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake, feel the warm sea on my skin.”—Nikki May, author of Wahala --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support

Ahead of the holiday weekend, Chuck Rocha catches up with New York Times bestselling author Naima Coster (@zafatista). The two talk about the wonderful world of fiction, the deep love she has for Brooklyn, the stories she's writing for her newborn daughter and so much more. To learn more about Naima Coster and her work, click here. For a full transcript of this episode, and to learn more about the Nuestro podcast, click here.

Naima Coster's latest novel, What's Mine and Yours, was an instant New York Times bestseller, not to mention both a Read with Jenna and Book of the Month Club pick. Naima talks with Zibby about the ways in which her intergenerational trauma has led her to write more optimistic familial dynamics, how it took her two years of deferring medical school to admit she wanted to be a writer, and why her self-doubt is essential to her writing process.Purchase a copy on Amazon or BookshopAmazon: https://amzn.to/2SePJEYBookshop: https://bit.ly/3ysUKue See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Duende District bookstore owner Angela Spring is the guest host for this special event with Naima Coster presenting her new book What's Mine and Yours in conversation with National Book Award winning author Elizabeth Acevedo.  The participants' mutual admiration is evident in their warm and brilliant craft- and character-driven discussion about the novel, a sweeping story of legacy, identity, the American family, and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships. (Recorded March 4, 2021)

This week, The Cultural Frontline explores family, legacy and creativity. Studio Ghibli is one of the biggest names in animation, famous for films such as The Wind Rises, My Neighbour Totoro and the Oscar winning Spirited Away. For years, Studio Ghibli was led by its co-founder, the visionary director, Hayao Miyazaki. Since Hayao‘s retirement in 2014 there have been changes at the iconic animation house, with the emergence of Hayao's son, Goro Miyazaki as a new leading force. Our reporter Anna Bailey speaks to Goro about the challenges of continuing his father's legacy and his new film Earwig and the Witch, a story about magic and family. Is there a work of art - a song, a poem or a film that makes you think of your family? The music producer Fatima al-Qadiri shares the story of how the soundtrack to her favourite game evokes the memories of her childhood in Kuwait during the First Gulf War. Two mothers determined to do what's right for their children. That simple premise is the starting point for the new novel What's Mine and Yours, a multigenerational story of race, family and identity in America by the acclaimed writer Naima Coster. Chi Chi Izundu speaks to Naima about how her novel was shaped by her experiences of childhood and motherhood. Family history, identity and voicing the challenges faced by young working class women, that's the focus of the poetry collection, Where the Memory Was, by British-Somali poet Hibaq Osman. For The Cultural Frontline, Hibaq shares the influences that shaped her writing and reads one of her poems. Presented by Chi Chi Izundu (Photo: Earwig and The Witch. Credit: Studio Ghibli)

Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. It was recommended as a must-read by People, Essence, BitchMedia, Well-Read Black Girl, The Skimm, and the Brooklyn Public Library among others. Her forthcoming novel, What’s Mine and Yours, will be published in March 2021. Naima’s stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Kweli, The Paris Review Daily, The Cut, The Sunday Times, Catapult, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020. What's Mine and Yours: A sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family, and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships. A community in the Piedmont of North Carolina rises in outrage as a county initiative draws students from the largely Black east side of town into predominantly white high schools on the west. For two students, Gee and Noelle, the integration sets off a chain of events that will tie their two families together in unexpected ways over the span of the next twenty years. website- http://www.naimacoster.com

What's Mine and Yours: Book By Naima Coster “At its heart, What's Mine and Yours is a coming-of-age story—one that examines the unraveling of marriages, complexities of siblinghood and reckonings with parents… Coster portrays her characters' worlds with startling vitality. As the children fall in lust and love, grapple with angst and battle the tides of New South politics, Coster's writing shines" ―New York Times Book Review “The complex characters will stay with you—maybe even change you.”―People "Coster… depict[s the characters] complex situations and moral ambiguities with depth and compassion. Weaving numerous plot threads — miscarriages, abortions, divorces, brain tumors, benders—into an intricate tapestry, Coster shows, as one of her indelible minor characters declares, that 'It's only our life if we say so. Otherwise it belongs to them.'"―Minneapolis Star Tribune "Coster is an exacting observer but also an endlessly generous one… It's the individual moments that are exquisite, each chapter a tiny snapshot of a whole world. Tender but—miraculously—never sentimental." ―Kirkus (starred review) Website : https://gobookmart.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support

When a racially segregated community was suddenly forced to integrate high schools, it inextricably intertwined families on opposite sides of the divide. How two of those families navigated the chaos — and its ripple effects for years to come — is at the heart of Naima Coster's newest fiction novel, "What's Mine and Yours." Coster joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for the season finale of Talking Volumes, Talking Race.

What’s Mine and Yours is a complex tapestry of interconnected lives, race, identity, belonging, inheritance and the haunting, looming presence of family histories. It’s strong focus on socially conscious themes will awaken your senses and cause you to re-examine how you think about relationships and privilege. It’s also a prismatic look at several relationships: intimate partner, mother-daughter, sibling-parent and the painful process of loving a substance abuser through a cast of  unforgettable characters and an unpredictable storyline. Shop BCLF Books - https://bookshop.org/shop/bclfbooksGet BCLF Merch - https://www.bklyncbeanlitfest.com/shopLet's be social - Instagram | Facebook | Website

Author Naima Coster joins Wine, Women & Words for an in-depth discussion about our book of the month, "What's Mine and Yours," from the writing process to the title selection to which character surprised her the most while crafting the story.  Be sure to check out our shop on Bookshop.org to be able to help support independent bookstores and this podcast. You can find our book of the month, "What's Mine & Yours."

Eileen welcomes back author Naima Coster, sharing her new novel What’s Mine and Ours

In the new novel WHAT’S MINE AND YOURS, author Naima Coster explores the intersection of race, lost dreams, family relationships, and trauma through the lives of its two protagonists, Gee, a black man and Noelle, a woman presenting as white despite her father being Latin American. By looking at the backstory of the mothers of the two protagonists, we learn how tragedy and trauma has led their paths to cross in high school with mothers on opposite sides on the racial integration. Covering two generations of the families over 18 years, WHATS MINE AND YOURS also examines how the trauma their mothers experienced shaped who Gee and Noelle became and the problematic relationship each has with their mothers. Naima Coster is also the author of the novel HALSEY STREET, and her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review Daily, Time magazine and elsewhere.

In the new novel WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS, author Naima Coster explores the intersection of race, lost dreams, family relationships, and trauma through the lives of its two protagonists, Gee, a black man and Noelle, a woman presenting as white despite her father being Latin American. By looking at the backstory of the mothers of the two protagonists, we learn how tragedy and trauma has led their paths to cross in high school with mothers on opposite sides on the racial integration. Covering two generations of the families over 18 years, WHATS MINE AND YOURS also examines how the trauma their mothers experienced shaped who Gee and Noelle became and the problematic relationship each has with their mothers.Naima Coster is also the author of the novel HALSEY STREET, and her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review Daily, Time magazine and elsewhere.

Host Lisa Croce engages author Naima Coster in conversation about her New York Times bestselling novel, What’s Mine And Yours. Coster discusses inspiration, craft, and themes of integration and gentrification in her novel.  Episode produced and mastered by Samantha Rahmani. Graphic design by Lisa Croce.

Author JT Ellison discusses all things "Her Dark Lies" -- her latest thriller -- including the writing process of creating a luxurious Italian island from scratch and creating a deliciously twisty plot line.  Diana and Michele start their discussion about their March book of the month "What's Mine and Yours" by Naima Coster.  Be sure to check out our shop on Bookshop.org to be able to help support independent bookstores and this podcast. You can find our book of the month, "What's Mine & Yours," in our 'Book of the Month' shop. "Her Dark Lies" can be found in our "Featured Books." 

In our very first episode, we discuss Naima Coster's 'What's Mine and Yours', delving into themes of racism, LGBTQIA rights, women's rights, motherhood, and so much more! Book synopsis: When a county initiative in NC draws students from a mostly Black high school across town to a nearly all-white high school, a community rises in outrage.

Episode 55. Rachel Barenbaum interviews Naima Coster on the launch of her novel WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS. 

Naima Coster is the author of What's Mine and Yours and Halsey Street, and a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Fordham University and Yale. She has taught writing for over a decade, in community settings, youth programs, and universities. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, editor in chief Tom Beer hosts Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss ‘The Committed’ (Grove, March 2), a new novel Kirkus calls “a quirky intellectual crime story that highlights the Vietnam War’s complex legacy” (starred review). Then our editors offer reading recommendations for the week, with books by Shaw Kuzki and Emily Balistrieri, Anna-Marie McLemore, Walter Isaacson, and Naima Coster.

On this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Naima Coster, about the release of her second novel, What's Mine and Yours. (SPOILER ALERT) Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Paris Review Daily and more. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020 and her debut novel, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Episode NotesOn this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Naima Coster, about the release of her second novel, What's Mine and Yours. (SPOILER ALERT) Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Paris Review Daily and more. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020 and her debut novel, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Nikesha and Naima chat about what it means to be a woman outside of the titles of wife and mother, how parents can uphold oppressive, racist systems, and how living your dream and doing what you love can come as an affront to those who struggled for your success. The nuances and complexities of marriage, motherhood, race, writing  and more come alive over the course of the conversation as nothing is left off the table. ***Follow @Nikesha_Elise on Twitter and Instagram and check out her latest novel Beyond Bourbon Street available everywhere books are sold. Don't forget to subscribe to Black & Published on your podcast platform of choice as well as rate and review. If you have thoughts, feedback, or questions about the episode, hit us up at @blkandpublished on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #blackandpublished. 

In the second installment of our series of interviews in partnership with the Miami Book Fair, Kendra talks to Naima Coster, the author of Halsey Street, which is out now from Little A. Sign up for the Miami Book Fair! Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books Mentioned Halsey Street by Naima Coster What’s Mine is Yours by Naima Coster Naima Recommends Want by Lynn Steger Strong The Mothers by Brit Bennett The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Author BioNaima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. It was recommended as a must-read by People, Essence, BitchMedia, Well-Read Black Girl, The Skimm, and the Brooklyn Public Library among others. Her forthcoming novel, What’s Mine and Yours, will be published in March 2021. Naima’s stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Rumpus, Aster(ix), Kweli, The Paris Review Daily, The Cut, The Sunday Times, and elsewhere. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020. Naima tweets as @zafatista and writes the newsletter, Bloom How You Must.  She lives in Brooklyn with her family. Website | Twitter | Instagram Buy the Book CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are so pleased to speak with writer and editor Vivian Lee about the importance of literary community, what it was like for her to work in publishing at Little A/Amazon, and how our industry has changed over the past decade. We also discuss California Pizza Kitchen, fusion cuisine, and the immigrant experience--finding the perfect Mother's Day present for the mother who traveled 7,000 miles for you--and how Vivian's writing and editing processes start with specific ideas and images and branch out to address the larger questions, both in the piece and in life. Vivian Lee is a writer and book editor. Her book list includes Matthew Salesses' The Hundred-Year Flood, Viet Dinh's After Disasters (PEN/Faulkner Finalist), Naima Coster's Halsey Street (Kirkus Prize Finalist), and Harold Schechter's Hell's Princess (A Washington Post Bestseller). She specializes in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction, including true crime, memoir, essays, and long-form reporting. In both fiction and nonfiction, she is interested in a strong story or narrative usually dealing with identity or relationships of any kind (family, personal versus body/nature/man. She is a 2018 PW Rising Star Honoree. Her writing can be found at The Los Angeles Times, Eater, ELLE.com, Catapult, and more. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a BA in Literary Journalism and from the New School University in New York with a MFA in Creative Writing (Non-Fiction). Originally from Los Angeles, she now resides in Queens. You can meet with her at https://manuscriptacademy.com/vivian-lee, and you can listen to the Carly Rae Jepsen song she mentions, For Sure, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7SVEmuAsvI

"I don’t think my characters need to be part of some elite world or to be outstanding in any way to be interesting. Just their inner lives are interesting." - Naima Coster Naima Coster is the author of Halsey Street, a novel of family, loss, and renewal, set in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. Halsey Street has been recommended as a must-read for 2018 by People, Essence, Bustle, BitchMedia, The Skimm, and the Brooklyn Public Library. It was a Finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Coster’s second novel, What’s Mine and Yours, is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing. She lives in New York City with her family.  ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF HALSEY STREET + FBC GOODIES HERE.    Connect with Naima on Instagram @naimacoster, Twitter @zafatista or her website naimacoster.com.      Naima's book recommendation: Dominicana by Angie Cruz   This episode is brought to you in collaboration with Cup and Kettle Tea. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript51   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

"When men feel like they're disempowered, it's easy for them to create power by bonding together and belittling women." - Crystal Hana Kim   Crystal Hana Kim’s debut novel If You Leave Me was named a best book of 2018 by The Washington Post, Booklist, Literary Hub, The New York Post, Cosmopolitan, Real Simple, Nylon, and others. It was also longlisted for the Center for Fiction Novel Prize. It is now available in paperback! Kim was a 2017 PEN America Dau Short Story Prize winner and has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Hedgebrook, and Jentel, among others. Her work has been published in Elle Magazine, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She is a contributing editor at Apogee Journal.  Connect with Crystal on her website, Instagram or Twitter.  Crystal's book recommendations: Halsey Street by Naima Coster and Chemistry by Weike Wang   Also mentioned in this episode: Feminist Book Club ep. 24: Top 5 Feminist Books with Traci Thomas #HappyPeriod - hashtaghappyperiod.org and @wearehappyperiod   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript39   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

Book Stew - Ep 60: Naima Coster by WCTV

It’s the end of the year, which means it’s the perfect time to look back on your accomplishments, celebrate your achievements, and assess lessons learned. We’re sharing how to use this self reflection to set smart goals for the new year. Links in this episode: * Halsey Street by Naima Coster (https://amzn.to/2Sf86Vi) * Morning Brew (https://morningbrew.cmail20.com/t/j-l-ffuur-jdiljiltij-jd/) * Melody Hansen on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQkDckhHkj/) * The Cut on Tuesdays: How to Ruin a Dinner Party (https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/the-cut-on-tuesdays-episode-10-cooking-with-samin-nosrat.html) * Harvard Business Review: Why You Should Make Time for Self Reflection Even If You Hate Doing It (https://hbr.org/2017/03/why-you-should-make-time-for-self-reflection-even-if-you-hate-doing-it) * MindTools: SMART Goals How to Make Your Goals Achievable (https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm) * Ideas.TED.com: The science of setting goals (https://ideas.ted.com/the-science-of-setting-goals/)

The Jennys shriek about Aragorn, discuss which books from their TBR piles they'll get into this summer, and talk about Naima Coster's debut novel Halsey Street.

Host Cyd Oppenheimer talks with author Naima Coster about "the kinds of distance and intimacy that can exist between people across lines of class and race," "figuring out how to find freedom without running away," and "not wanting to write a book in which nobody raised their voices;" guest readers Emily Moore and Sophfronia Scott join Oppenheimer to discuss object studies, returning home, and what it means to be the woman in the attic.