Debut Novels

Nafissa Thompson-Spires discusses her debut novel at Odyssey Bookshop

Nafissa Thompson-Spires discusses her debut novel at Odyssey Bookshop

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, Nafissa Thompson-Spires returned to South Hadley’s Odyssey Bookshop to celebrate her debut novel, “The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford,” which is the store’s latest First Editions Club pick. Her story collection “Heads of the Colored People” was a previous 2018 pick. This time around, she spoke with Dr. Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Mount Holyoke College’s vice president for equity and inclusion.