The director of the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Emerson College, Jabari Asim is the author of the novel Only the Strong, the story collection A Taste of Honey, and several works of nonfiction, including We Can\u2019t Breathe, The Art of Survival, and What Obama Means\u2026For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future. Asim formerly served as the editor-in-chief of the NAACP\u2019s official publication The Crisis, and was an editor and syndicated columnist at The Washington Post. In his new novel, Asim tells the story of a group of enslaved Black people seeking love, friendship, and independence in the 19th century United States South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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