Jabari Asim: 7 books
We Can't Breathe
On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Insightful and searing essays that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of black history and culture in America by critically acclaimed writer Jabari Asim
In We Can’t Breathe, Jabari Asim disrupts what Toni...
The N Word
Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.
The N Word reveals how the term “nigger” has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Jabari...
A Taste of Honey
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Poignant and powerful, this debut collection from preeminent writer and critic Jabari Asim heralds his arrival as an exciting new voice in African American fiction.
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Through a series of fictional episodes set against the backdrop...
What Obama Means
...for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Provocative and compelling.”
—New York* Newsday*
“Both entertaining and insightful.”
—Washington Post Book World
“It should be on the required reading list.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
What Obama Means by Jabari Asim, renowned cultural critic...
by Jabari Asim
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
"Captivating." -Jane Ciabattari, NPR Book Concierge: Best Books of 2015
"Incomparable charisma and verve." -*The Root*, Best Fiction of 2015
"Lean, mean, and moving." -*Kirkus Reviews*, Kirkus Prize nominee
Jabari Asim’s debut novel returns readers to Gateway City, the fictional...
Fifty Cents and a Dream
Young Booker T. Washington
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Booker dreamed
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books.
Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking...
Not Guilty
Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Patrick Dorismond, Abner Louima, and Amadou Diallo -- hear what a jury of prominent African Americans has to say about the black man's struggle for justice in America
Prompted by the killing of Amadou Diallo and the acquittal of the four New York City police officers who mistook him for an...