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.

Life and career

Naima Coster was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. She identifies as Black and Latina.
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. 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.
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. As of 2018, she was a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where she lives with her family.

Works

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Novels

Essays

  • , Elle. April 2021.
  • , Paris Review Daily. May 2018.Lit Hub. January 2018.
  • . Catapult. December 2017.
  • . Winner of the Cosmonauts Avenue Non-Fiction Prize, judged by Roxane Gay. September 2017.
  • . The Rumpus. June 2015.
  • . A Practical Wedding. July 2014.
  • . Arts & Letters. Spring 2012. The Ascentos Review. August 2011.
  • . The Fordham Observer. July 2011The New York Times. February 2011.

Stories

  • Lila - Amazon Original Story
  • . Aster Journal & Kweli.
  • . Cosmonauts Avenue. November 2016.
  • The Beach. The Fordham Observer. August 2011.
  • . The Ascentos Review. August 2010.

Anthologies

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora. Ed. by Saraciea J. Fennell. Flatiron Books, Nov 2021. ' https://cosmonautsavenue.com/shop June 2019.. Ed. by Margot Case & Kelly McMasters. Seal Press, Nov. 2017.
  • '. Ed. by Angie Cruz & Laura Pegram. Spring 2017.