"What's Mine and Yours is a book about parents who try and fail and then try again. An extraordinary cast of characters, nuanced and full of insight. It's about children who hold their loved ones accountable. It reveals in absolutely engrossing and tension-filled prose how a tragedy haunts a family. Coster is a master storyteller through and through. Read this book."―Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana

"Naima Coster's What's Mine and Yours patiently and unerringly tracks the boundaries, unearths the secrets, and stares unblinkingly at what's essential to knowing oneself and the larger histories we're forced to navigate. A beautifully-wrought investigation of family, race, inheritance, and belonging."―-Cristina García, author of Here in Berlin and Dreaming in Cuban

Naima Coster's What's Mine and Yours moves from moment to moment of startling grace. This expansive, generous novel tackles big themes - systemic racism, the reverberations of gun violence, class inequity - but it always feels thrillingly personal. Multiple times, it moved me to tears. An exquisite and vital portrait of family, place, and the bonds that transform our lives, What's Mine and Yours is more than a beautiful read - it's an essential one, destined to be talked about for years to come as a book that saw the world and spoke the truth with tenderness, wisdom, and love."―Julie Buntin, author of Marlena

"Naima Coster is definitely a writer to watch. Her clear-eyed writing interrogates race, class, and family in a refreshing and thoroughly engaging way. A lovely and thoughtful book."―Jacqueline Woodson, author of Red at the Bone and National Book Award winner (praise for Halsey Street)

Naima Coster is the author of  What's Mine and Yours (March 2, 2021; Grand Central Publishing) and Halsey Street, and a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for fiction. In 2020, Naima was selected by Tayari Jones for the National Book Foundation's "5 Under 35" honor. Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Kweli, the Paris Review Daily, Catapult, The Rumpus and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, as well as degrees from Fordham University and Yale. She has taught writing for over a decade, in community settings, youth programs and universities. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. 

Annabella Correa-Maynard is a recent graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University. She has a degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish and Latin American studies. In June, 2020, she joined Kweli’s team as an Editorial Intern where she works directly with the Editor-in-Chief, Laura Pegram. As a writer, Annabella seeks to identify the emotional rhythms of everyday life and unearth greater truths. She currently resides in CT with her sister and parents, but plans to return to New York in 2021. She is Kweli's Editorial Intern.

Naima Coster on What's Mine and Yours with Annabella Correa-Maynard