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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.

Jabari Asim Books

A Child's Introduction to Jazz book cover

A Child's Introduction to Jazz

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Yonder book cover

Yonder

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Mighty Justice book cover

Mighty Justice

Dovey Johnson Roundtree
We Can't Breathe book cover

We Can't Breathe

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Only the Strong book cover

Only the Strong

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Not Guilty book cover

Not Guilty

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A Taste of Honey book cover

A Taste of Honey

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What Obama Means book cover

What Obama Means

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The N Word book cover

The N Word

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