Jabari Asim
Jabari Asim was born on August 11th, 1962 and is currently 62 years old. Jabari Asim was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Asim attended Northwestern University.
Jabari Asim is best known as a playwright, poet, and author. Asim is also employed at the Boston, Massachusetts-based
Emerson College where he lectures on publishing, literature, and writing. He has also worked as an editor and was famously the editor-in-chief of the NAACP-published
The Crisis.
He was the recipient of a nonfiction fellowship in 2009 awarded by the
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Between 2008 and 2010, he worked at the
University of Illinois, where he was an African American Studies scholar in residence working in the Department of Journalism.
For nearly a dozen years, Jabari was deputy editor at
The Washington Post where he edited the
Education Review, the book review section, poetry, and children's books. He was also a syndicated columnist for the
Washington Post Writers Group, and for a long time, he wrote popular articles on social and political issues.
Before that, Jabari Asim worked for the
St. Louis Post Dispatch and made history as the only African American to ever become a supervisor of publishing at a major metropolitan publication. During that time, he also worked for the weekend paper as an arts editor in addition to copyediting the commentary pages and the daily editorial.
In 2001, Jabari Asim published
Road to Freedom a work set in 1865. The lead is Extra Taplin, a ten-year-old who calls a plantation in North Carolina home and is set free by Union soldiers. But now they need to deal with their new freedoms, even as they have to support themselves.
Whose Toes Are Those? Is a work that Jabari published in 2006. The board book explores a range of topics through the story of a sparkly-eyed girl with some very cute toes. Asim makes use of the girl's toes and feet to teach colors and simple numbers.
Jabari Asim: Lists & Other Mentions
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Jabari Asim: F.A.Q
When was Jabari Asim Born? How old is Jabari Asim?
Jabari Asim was born on August 11th, 1962. Jabari Asim is currently 62 years old.
Where was Jabari Asim Born?
Jabari Asim was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and is American.
What was the first book Jabari Asim wrote?
The first book written by Jabari Asim was Jamestown's American Portraits: The Road to Freedom, published in 2001.
What was the most recent book Jabari Asim wrote?
His most recently released work was A Child's Introduction to Jazz (a short story) on December 27th, 2022.
Will there be any more books by Jabari Asim?
Jabari Asim does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
How many books has Jabari Asim written?
Jabari Asim has written 23 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 Standalone Novels, 15 books in the Children's Books, 3 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Short Story Collections, 1 book in the Collections, 2 books in the A Child's Introduction Series.