Jabari Asim
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Jabari Asim is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. He directs the MFA program in creative writing at Emerson College, where he is also the Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice. His nonfiction books include The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why; What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future; Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life; and We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival. His books for children include Whose Toes Are Those? and Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis. His works of fiction include A Taste of Honey and Only the Strong.
A Child’s Introduction to African American History: The Experience, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country | A Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music (A Child’s Introduction Series) | A Taste of Honey: Stories | Boy of Mine | Daddy Goes to Work | Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington | Girl of Mine | Jamestown’s American Portraits: The Road to Freedom | Me and Muhammad Ali | Mighty Justice (Young Readers’ Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree | My Baby Loves Christmas | My Baby Loves Halloween | My Baby Loves Valentine’s Day | Only the Strong | Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis | Stop and Frisk: American Poems | The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why | The Road to Freedom: A Story of the Reconstruction | We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival | What Obama Means: …For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future | Whose Knees Are These? | Whose Toes Are Those? | Yonder: A Novel