Jabari Asim
Autor(a) de Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
About the Author
Jabari Asim is a poet, critic, and playwright who works as a senior editor at the Washington Post Book World. His work appeared most recently in Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature, The Salon Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literature, and Brown Sugar: A Collection of mostrar mais Erotic Black Fiction. He is also the author of The Road to Freedom, a novel for young adults. He lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife and children mostrar menos
Image credit: Jabari Asim. Photo by Mary Ishimoto Morris.
Obras por Jabari Asim
A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country (1993) 93 exemplares
The Road to Freedom: A Story of the Reconstruction (Jamestown's American Portraits) (2001) 28 exemplares
A Child's Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music (2022) 12 exemplares
Em algum lugar la fora 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century (2002) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Asim, Jabari
- Data de nascimento
- 1962
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Illinois, USA
Maryland, USA - Ocupações
- poet
columnist (Washington Post)
playwright
novelist
editor - Organizações
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (scholar in residence)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (editor-in-chief of The Crisis|NAACP magazine)
Washington Post (deputy editor of the book review section)
National Book Critics Circle (vice president) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guggenheim Fellowship (Nonfiction, 2009)
- Agente
- The Agency Group
Membros
Críticas
We Can't Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and… por Jabari Asim
good, but reading level might be too high for most high school students
Less of a short story collection than a loosely connected novel. I was immediately invested in the inhabitants of these stories, rooting for them in their trials and celebrating every good turn. I'm going to miss them.
This novel gives strong personalities to the enslaved people living with the pain of a harsh task master, an indifferent owner, loved ones sent away without warning, little knowledge of the surrounding country yet trusting in the rumors of a better place to live. Escaping was not as easy as just walking off.
Listas
Prémios
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 24
- Also by
- 8
- Membros
- 1,647
- Popularidade
- #15,596
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 52
- ISBN
- 99
- Línguas
- 1