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Jeffrey was born and raised in Alabama, but now lives in New York City where he has been teaching and doing grant writing for small community-based arts organizations.
His debut novel, Africaville, was published in December 2019 by Amistad/HarperCollins USA. The novel is also being published in Canada, France, and Australia.
An excerpt of Africaville appeared in Narrative magazine, and his other fiction, reviews and essays have appeared in Hot Metal Bridge, Painted Bride Quarterly, Rain Taxi Review of Books, The Millions, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere.
Before returning to school to pursue an MFA, he served in the United States Marine Corps, and worked as an advertising analyst, congressional aide, and nonprofit manager.
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Hello Mr. Colvin, My book club is readying your book Africaville and will discuss it at our April gathering. Do you have a list of questions that we could use in discussion of the book? Have you visited the Africville museum in Canada? Why did you decide to write the book? Have you written other books?

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Yes, I have visited the museum commemorating Africville. I became interested in the community, many years ago when…moreHello Pamela
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Yes, I have visited the museum commemorating Africville. I became interested in the community, many years ago when I was working on a series of short stories set along the Alabama highway between Selma to Montgomery, the route taken by marchers for voting rights in the 1960s. Many rural towns in Alabama have fewer residents and some no longer exist. I was intrigued by this community near Halifax that likewise no longer exists and thus wanted to learn more about it and through my research decided to imagine a story where a family that lived in Africville might have a connection to the southern United States, hence the novel was born.
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Here is the poll for our May group read, the theme is Historical Fiction written by Black Male Authors.

- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

23 votes, 53.5%

- Yonder by Jabari Asim

6 votes, 14.0%

- In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

4 votes, 9.3%

- Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.

4 votes, 9.3%

- Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin

3 votes, 7.0%

- Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman

1 vote, 2.3%

In West Mills (write-in)

1 vote, 2.3%

Freeman (write-in)

1 vote, 2.3%

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