In April 2009, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded Asim a fellowship in nonfiction, one of 180 awarded to artists, scientists and scholars selected from a group of almost 3,000 applicants. Harold Augenbraum, executive director of the foundation, "lauded Asim's ability to approach difficult topics with humility." He is a gentleman devoted to the cause of racial justice, is excited about his new role with the NAACP and we are energized by his joining our ranks." Īsim was chosen by the National Book Foundation to serve on the nonfiction panel for the 2013 National Book Awards. Asim is a seasoned editor, a fine writer and author of a new best selling book. In welcoming Asim to The Crisis in August 2007, then-publisher Roger Wilkins said: "Mr. He attended public schools there before studying at Northwestern University. In September 2022 he was named Emerson College Distinguished Professor of Multidisciplinary Letters.Īsim was born in St. In February 2019 he was named Emerson College's inaugural Elma Lewis '43 Distinguished Fellow in the Social Justice Center. He is the former editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine, a journal of politics, ideas and culture published by the NAACP and founded by historian and social activist W. Jabari Asim (born August 11, 1962) is an author, poet, playwright, and professor of writing, literature and publishing at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
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