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Jabari Asim: “Narrative can be a form of resistance.”
The writer Jabari Asim on stories as instruments of power, how he places himself in the lineage of African American literature, and how writers of color should navigate an onerous publishing landscape. By Mary Wang (GUERNICA) In a 1990 interview, Toni Morrison pointed to the dangers of the so-called “master narrative.” Morrison defined it as…
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JABARI ASIM: INTERVIEW
Jabari Asim is an Associate Professor of Writing at Emerson College, Executive Editor of The Crisis, the NAACP’s magazine, and the author of twelve books, including The N Word: Who Can Say it, Who Shouldn’t and Why; What Obama Means; and A Taste of Honey. Asim sat down with Columbia University MFA nonfiction writing candidate, Mosaic contributor (and his #2 son) G’Ra…
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Jabari Asim Is Bringing Black Minds and Black Bodies to the Front
On Electric Literature with Tyrese L. Coleman: The author of “We Can’t Breathe” on appropriation, Black suffering, and Janelle Monae Jabari Asim’s newest essay collection, We Can’t Breathe, is a masterful dissertation on Black culture, Black art, personal and American history. It is a beautiful mix of unpredictable narrative and prose that kept me engaged and enthralled…
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He says love can’t conquer injustice, but strategy has a fighting chance.
Listen Live: Jabari Asim celebrates the strength of black history & culture on Your Call on KALW Public Radio with ROSE AGUILAR & LAURA WENUS • NOV 14, 2018 On this edition of Your Call, Jabari Asim discusses his new book We Can’t Breathe, which calls out racist “white lies” and replaces it with a story of black survival. The…
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These aren’t the kind of essays that end with a simple argument: “this is what we need to overcome racism.”
Jabari Asim on WBUR with Evan Horowitz, Jamie Bologna In his latest book of essays, Jabari Asim takes on America’s complicated past and present when it comes to race and racism. These aren’t the kind of essays that end with a simple argument: “this is what we need to overcome racism.” They’re explorations, weaving past…
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Jabari Asim: Five Classic American Essay Collections
THE AUTHOR OF WE CAN’T BREATHE: ON BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIES, AND THE ART OF SURVIVAL SHARES FIVE BOOKS IN HIS LIFE October 16, 2018 By Jane Ciabattari Jabari Asim’s We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival is published today. He shares five classic American essay collections with Jane Ciabattari. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois…
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Boston Author Jabari Asim Reimagines Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion On Stage
When Boston-based writer Jabari Asim began writing what would become “Brother Nat: Rise. Revolt. Redemption.” more than nine years ago, he thought of the production as a collection of poems. “I outline the story as I see it and then write songs and lyrics,” he explained. An amalgamation of a musical and an opera, “Brother…
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