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Jabari Asim

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St. Louis, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Books

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Praise for A Taste Of Honey

"A Taste of Honey has the power of memoir and the poetry of fiction. Suddenly, it is 1968 once more, with all of the hope and violence and seismic change that rocked the cities that summer. It's all here and it's all beautifully rendered. This books is a gem."
—Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden

"Jabari Asim has written a brilliant coming-of-age tale filled with compelling characters navigating race relations in 1968, navigating familial and neighborhood demands, and triumphantly reaffirming what it means to be human. A lovely, lyrical collection of connected stories that will leave readers breathless and ecstatic with passion and joy."
—Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of Yellow Moon

"Offering the bitter with th...more Praise for A Taste Of Honey

"A Taste of Honey has the power of memoir and the poetry of fiction. Suddenly, it is 1968 once more, with all of the hope and violence and seismic change that rocked the cities that summer. It's all here and it's all beautifully rendered. This books is a gem."
—Chris Bohjalian, author of Secrets of Eden

"Jabari Asim has written a brilliant coming-of-age tale filled with compelling characters navigating race relations in 1968, navigating familial and neighborhood demands, and triumphantly reaffirming what it means to be human. A lovely, lyrical collection of connected stories that will leave readers breathless and ecstatic with passion and joy."
—Jewell Parker Rhodes, author of Yellow Moon

"Offering the bitter with the sweet, Jabari Asim's first collection of stories, A Taste Of Honey, serves up a multilayered dish. Asim ranges through and across a Midwestern African American community in the wake of the civil rights movement and the social changes of the last forty years, writing from the inside out and unforgettably bringing to life a world that still is too seldom seen in American fiction."
—John Keene, author of Annotations

"Jabari Asim's rich short stories read like a novel . . . full of people we love getting to know—Rose, Gabriel, Pristine, Ed, Reuben, and Guts. I particularly loved the male characters in these pages . . . men who live by their brains and their brawn, shelter their children, their community. They embrace their wives. They love hard, laugh deep, and cry inside."
—Denise Nicholas, author of Freshwater Road

"Asim successfully delves into politics, domestic violence, racial identity, young love, and more in this humorous and poignant collection..."
—Publishers Weekly

"With his debut work of fiction, the Guggenheim Fellow proves himself to be a promising storyteller." -Library Journal

"This fiction rings true." -Kirkus Reviews

More about Jabari Asim

He is the author of What Obama Means . . . For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future,, The N Word, Whose Toes Are Those? and several other books for children. He is editor-in-chief of The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP and was recently awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.
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I'm looking forward to signing books at the African American Children's Book Fair in Philadelphia on Saturday, Feb. 4. It will take place from 1-3 p.m. in the Gymnasium of the Community College of Philadelphia, 17th and Spring Garden Street. Please join us if you can.

Consult this website for more info: http://www.theafricanamericanchildren... read more »

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Books by Jabari Asim

Average rating: 3.94 · 347 ratings · 82 reviews · 12 distinct works

	A Taste of Honey: Stories 4.03 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why 3.73 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Whose Toes are Those? by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), LeUyen Pham (Illustrations) 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Whose Knees are These? by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), LeUyen Pham (Illustrations) 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	What Obama Means: ...for Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Boy of Mine by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), LeUyen Pham (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), Mark Anthony Neal (Contributor), Mat Johnson (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Daddy Goes to Work by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), Aaron Boyd (Illustrations) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Jamestown's American Portraits: The Road to Freedom 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Girl of Mine by Jabari Asim (Goodreads Author), LeUyen Pham (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: A Taste of Honey	83	49	Aug 13, 2010 07:37pm
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