Naima Coster

Naima Coster was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. She identifies as Black and Latina.{{Cite web|last=Philpott|first=Lily|date=2018-11-26|title=A PEN Ten Interview with Naima Coster|url=https://pen.org/pen-ten-naima-coster/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=PEN America|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Schorske|first=Carina del Valle|date=2018-01-25|title=Owning Brooklyn: An Interview with Naima Coster|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/01/25/owning-brooklyn-interview-naima-coster/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=The Paris Review|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naimacoster.com/about|title=About|website=Naima Coster|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=Naima Coster: Gentrification Isn't Just a Buzzword|url=https://lithub.com/naima-coster-gentrification-isnt-just-a-buzzword/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Francis-Sharma|first=Lauren|date=2021-03-02|title=Two Families Are Brought Together by a Busing Initiative|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/books/review/whats-mine-and-yours-naima-coster.html|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0362-4331}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naimacoster.com/about|title=About|website=Naima Coster|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} As of 2018, she was a visiting assistant professor at Wake Forest University{{Cite web|title=Professor Naima Coster to read from her new novel Halsey Street on Feb. 28 – English Department|url=https://english.wfu.edu/naima-coster-to-read-from-her-new-novel-halsey-street-on-feb-28/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=english.wfu.edu|date=15 February 2018 }} in North Carolina, where she lives with her family.{{Cite magazine|title=I Didn't Consider My Marriage Interracial. That Wasn't Totally Honest|url=https://time.com/5944232/naima-coster-interracial-marriage/|access-date=2021-05-09|magazine=Time}}

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.naimacoster.com/otherwriting|title=Other Writing|website=Naima Coster|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}}

• Halsey Street. Amazon Publishing, 2017. {{ISBN|9781503941175}}. {{OCLC|1026852371}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naima-coster/halsey-street/|title=HALSEY STREET by Naima Coster|work=Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/4/16842142/halsey-street-naima-coster-review|title=This debut novel is an incisive portrait of gentrifying Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn|work=Vox|access-date=2018-03-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://gotham-magazine.com/vacation-books-you-should-be-reading-right-now|title=The Winter Books You Should Be Reading Right Now|work=Gotham|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Halsey-Street-by-Naima-Coster-12474454.php|title='Halsey Street,' by Naima Coster|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-03-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/12/21/brooklynite%E2%80%99s-debut-novel-set-against-landscape-gentrification|title=Brooklynite's debut novel is set against a landscape of gentrification|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=22 March 2012|language=en|access-date=2018-03-20}}
• What's Mine and Yours. Grand Central Publishing, 2021. {{ISBN|978-1538702345}}.

• [https://www.elle.com/culture/books/a35578292/estranged-from-mother-becoming-a-mother-essay-naima-coster/ Becoming a Mother While Estranged from Your Own], Elle. April 2021.
• [https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/21/who-gets-to-be-brooklyn-born/ Brooklyn Born],{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/21/who-gets-to-be-brooklyn-born/|title=Who Gets to Be "Brooklyn Born"?|last=Coster|first=Naima|date=2018-05-21|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} Paris Review Daily. May 2018.
• [https://lithub.com/who-gets-to-write-about-gentrification/ Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?]{{Cite web|url=https://lithub.com/who-gets-to-write-about-gentrification/|title=Who Gets to Write About Gentrification?|date=2018-01-16|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} Lit Hub. January 2018.
• [https://catapult.co/stories/naima-coster-debut-novel-my-editor-was-black My Editor Was Black].{{Cite web|url=https://catapult.co/stories/naima-coster-debut-novel-my-editor-was-black|title=My Editor Was Black {{!}} Naima Coster|date=2017-12-11|website=Catapult|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} Catapult. December 2017.
• [http://cosmonautsavenue.com/naima-coster-reorientation/ Reorientation].{{Cite web|url=https://cosmonautsavenue.com/naima-coster-reorientation/|title=Naima Coster {{!}} Nonfiction|last=cosmonautsavenue|date=2017-09-17|website=Cosmonauts Avenue|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-05-09}} Winner of the Cosmonauts Avenue Non-Fiction Prize, judged by Roxane Gay. September 2017.
• [https://therumpus.net/2015/06/albums-of-our-lives-nirvanas-nevermind-2/ Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana's Nevermind].{{Cite web|url=https://therumpus.net/2015/06/albums-of-our-lives-nirvanas-nevermind-2/|title=Albums Of Our Lives: Nirvana's Nevermind - The Rumpus.net|website=therumpus.net|date=11 June 2015|access-date=2019-05-09}} The Rumpus. June 2015.
• [https://apracticalwedding.com/more-than-its-parts/ More Than Its Parts].{{Cite web|url=https://apracticalwedding.com/more-than-its-parts/|title=More Than Its Parts {{!}} A Practical Wedding|date=2014-07-16|website=A Practical Wedding: Wedding Planning, Inspiration, and Ideas|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} A Practical Wedding. July 2014.
• [http://artsandletters.gcsu.edu/issue-26/ Fire Escape].{{Cite web|url=http://artsandletters.gcsu.edu/issue-26/|title=Issue 26|last=Nannini|first=Adam|date=2014-04-16|website=Arts and Letters|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} Arts & Letters. Spring 2012.
• [http://www.acentosreview.com/August_2011/August_2011/Coster.html Fontibón.]{{Cite web|url=http://www.acentosreview.com/August_2011/August_2011/Coster.html|title=Naima Coster|website=www.acentosreview.com|access-date=2019-05-09}} The Ascentos Review. August 2011.
• [https://fordhamobserver.com/5637/literary/somewhere-in-new-york-city/ Brooklyn Bridge Park].{{Cite web|url=https://fordhamobserver.com/5637/literary/somewhere-in-new-york-city/|title=Somewhere in New York City|date=2011-07-31|website=The Observer|access-date=2019-05-09}} The Fordham Observer. July 2011
• [https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9904E0DC113DF933A15751C0A9679D8B63.html Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine.]{{Cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E0DC113DF933A15751C0A9679D8B63|title=NEW YORK STORY; Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine|last=Coster|first=Naima|website=query.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}} The New York Times. February 2011.

• Lila - Amazon Original Story{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lila-One-Naima-Coster-ebook/dp/B07S6NNZ5P |title=Lila (The One) Kindle Edition |first=Naima |last=Coster |publisher=Amazon Original Stories |date=30 July 2019}}
• [http://asterixjournal.com/cold/ Cold].{{Cite web|url=https://asterixjournal.com/cold/|title=Cold|last=Coster|first=Naima|website=Aster(ix) Journal|date=12 March 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-09}} Aster (ix) Journal (March 2017) & Kweli (June 2016).
• [https://cosmonautsavenue.com/naima-coster-the-spot/ The Spot].{{Cite web|url=https://cosmonautsavenue.com/naima-coster-the-spot/|title=Naima Coster {{!}} The Spot|last=cosmonautsavenue|date=2016-11-01|website=Cosmonauts Avenue|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-05-09}} Cosmonauts Avenue. November 2016.
• The Beach. The Fordham Observer. August 2011.
• [http://www.acentosreview.com/august_2010/Coster.html Stories Told When The Lights Go Out].{{Cite web|url=http://www.acentosreview.com/august_2010/Coster.html|title=Fiction: Naima Coster|website=www.acentosreview.com|access-date=2019-05-09}} The Ascentos Review. August 2010.

• [https://cosmonautsavenue.com/shop Cosmonauts Avenue Anthology] https://cosmonautsavenue.com/shop June 2019.
• [https://www.amazon.com/This-Place-Women-Writing-About/dp/1580056687 This is the Place: Women Writing About Home]. Ed. by Margot Case & Kelly McMasters. Seal Press, Nov. 2017.
• [https://www.amazon.com/Best-Kweli-Aster-Anthology-Spring/dp/1942547056 Best of Kweli: An Aster(ix) Anthology]. Ed. by Angie Cruz & Laura Pegram. Spring 2017.

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• [https://www.naimacoster.com/ Official website]
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• {{cite web | title=An Interview with Naima Coster « Kenyon Review Blog | website=The International Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts | date=17 January 2018 | url=https://www.kenyonreview.org/2018/01/interview-naima-coster/ | ref={{sfnref | The International Journal of Literature, Culture and the Arts}} | access-date=2018-03-20}}
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