Nafissa Thompson-Spires

2 months ago | electricliterature.com | Danzy Senna |Charles Yu |Nafissa Thompson-Spires |Brando Skyhorse

Literary merit has, for generations, been viewed as synonymous with gravitas, solemnity, and not smiling in your author photo. This especially holds true for books that tackle the topic of race (because it’s always a “tackling”), which readers often crack open expecting to be educated or to cry.

Feb 24, 2024 | thisamericanlife.org | Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka moved suddenly from Japan to the U.S. when she was eight years old, and has long joked that it was because her grandmother kidnapped her from her dad.