Naima Coster Explained

Naima Coster
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Education:	Yale University (BA) Fordham University (MA) Columbia University (MFA)
Genre:	novel
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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]

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. . ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}
• What's Mine and Yours. Grand Central Publishing, 2021. .

Essays

• 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

• 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

• 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.

External links

• Official website
• Web site: Owning Brooklyn: An Interview with Naima Coster. Schorske. Carina del Valle. 2018-01-25. The Paris Review. 2018-03-20.
• Web site: An Interview with Naima Coster « Kenyon Review Blog . The International Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts . 17 January 2018 . . 2018-03-20.
• Web site: University of Northern Colorado to host 2018 Rosenberry Writers' Conference. 2018-02-20. GreeleyTribune.com. 2018-03-20. .

Notes and References

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