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0060185384 169pp "an anthology of twelve original essays by some of America's

0060185384 169pp "an anthology of twelve original essays by some of America's most influential young black male writers and critics dealing with how they see this country and how this country sees them. " Remainder mark on bottom, otherwise book is AS NEW.

Glued binding. Paper over boards. xxii, 169, [1] p. Jabari Asim (born August

Glued binding. Paper over boards. xxii, 169, [1] p. Jabari Asim (born August 11, 1962) is an author, poet, playwright, associate professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and since August 2007, has been the Editor-in-Chief of The Crisis magazine, a journal of politics, ideas and culture published by the NAACP. In April 2009, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded Asim a fellowship in nonfiction. Asim spent eleven years (1996 2007) at The Washington Post as deputy editor of the book review section, children's book editor, poetry editor, and editor of the Washington Post′ s Education Review. For three years he also wrote a Washington Post Writers Group syndicated column on political and social issues for the Post. Prior to his stint at The Washington Post Book World, Asim was book editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, during which time he was the only African American to supervise book/publishing coverage at a major metropolitan daily.