Asali Solomon
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Jordan talks with Asali Solomon about The Days of Afrekete, the unexpected discovery that she\\u2019s a funny writer, and trying to impart wisdom to students while she\\u2019s still learning too.\\xa0
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Asali Solomon\\u2019s first novel, Disgruntled, was named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Denver Post. Her debut story collection, Get Down, earned her a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers\\u2019 Award and the National Book Foundation\\u2019s \\u201c5 Under 35\\u201d honor, and was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Vibe, Essence, The Paris Review Daily, McSweeney\\u2019s, and several anthologies, and on NPR. Solomon teaches fiction writing and literature of the African diaspora at Haverford College. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she lives with her husband and two sons.
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