Jabari Asim on Decolonized Souls, Black Love, and Writing the Past

When I reviewed Jabari Asim’s first short story collection, A Taste of Honey (2010),  I knew him to be a prominent essayist and cultural critic, author of What Obama Means and The N Word, former Washington Post deputy books editor and editor in chief of the iconic The Crisis, the journal of the NAACP founded […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ Engadget | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers’ love-hate relationship with StumbleUpon

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Does Los Angeles Get Enough Love in Literary Circles?

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Okwiri Oduor Wins 15th Caine Prize for African Writing

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five-year-old writes book about fairies for British charity

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Rowling writes story about 30-plus Harry Potter

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[ The Guardian | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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