![]() ![]() In that seat, he wrote and revised many of the short stories that make up "Friday Black," one of the most praised books of 2018. It was in that seat that he would find his voice. He started taking frequent walks to Dunkin' Donuts, claiming the same seat in the corner. He left for SUNY Albany, but returned home to Spring Valley often. Nana was a serious student, especially when it came to words and expression, bringing the same intensity he showed on the basketball team to Shakespeare and the high school's literary magazine. He worked at the Palisades Center mall when he was a student at Ramapo High School, taking a bus to his West Nyack job. ![]() His friends' families also came from a lot of places and faced a lot of challenges. The family would move twice within the village under economic duress. His immigrant parents moved the family there from a housing project in Queens about 20 years ago. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's upbringing in Spring Valley was like so many in Rockland County's working-class, stunningly diverse, rarely privileged village. Watch Video: Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah visits East Ramapo ![]()
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