Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
author
About Nana Kwame
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is the author of the bestselling short story collection Friday Black and the novel Chain-Gang All-Stars. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous publications, including Guernica, Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing, Printer’s Row, Gravel, and The Breakwater Review, where he was selected by ZZ Packer as the winner of the 2nd Annual Breakwater Review Fiction Contest. He is from Spring Valley, New York. He graduated from SUNY Albany and went on to receive his MFA from Syracuse University.
Appearances
Every time Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has taken the stage with House of SpeakEasy.
The Heart of the Matter
Fordham High School
Nana performed at a SpeakTogether student matinee at Fordham High School for the Arts on November 15, 2022, speaking on the theme, “The Heart of the Matter.”