Jabari Asim
Author of 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 show more 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 show less
Image credit: Jabari Asim. Photo by Mary Ishimoto Morris.
Works by Jabari Asim
A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country (1993) 105 copies
The Road to Freedom: A Story of the Reconstruction (Jamestown's American Portraits) (2001) 29 copies
A Child's Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World's Coolest Music (2022) 12 copies
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Associated Works
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology (2024) — Contributor — 23 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Asim, Jabari
- Birthdate
- 1962
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Illinois, USA
Maryland, USA - Occupations
- poet
columnist (Washington Post)
playwright
novelist
editor - Organizations
- 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) - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship (Nonfiction, 2009)
- Agent
- The Agency Group
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Reviews
Yonder : a novel by Jabari Asim
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.
½I loved the flow of this one. I cared deeply what happened to each of the characters.
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.
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Statistics
- Works
- 26
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 1,736
- Popularity
- #14,816
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 54
- ISBNs
- 100
- Languages
- 2