Elwin Cotman

About The Author

Elwin Cotman is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of six books including the poetry collection The Wizard’s Homecoming, and the short story collections The Jack Daniels Sessions EP, Hard Times Blues, Dance on Saturday, and Weird Black Girls. Elwin was a winner of the 2025 Whiting Award in Fiction. The Age of Ignorance is his first novel.

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Books by Elwin Cotman

Weird Black Girls

Stories

By Elwin Cotman

Finalist for the Locus Award
Belletrist Book Club Pick

From Philip K. Dick Award finalist Elwin Cotman, an irresistibly unnerving collection of stories that explore the anxieties of living while Black—a high-wire act of literary-fantastical hybrid fiction.

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