Asali Solomon

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Asali Solomon
Born Philadelphia
OccupationAuthor, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education Barnard College
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Notable worksDisgruntled (2015)
Notable awards Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award (2005)
ChildrenAdebayo Friedman, Mkale Friedman

Asali Solomon is an American professor, author, and novelist. She grew up in West Philadelphia, and attended Henry C. Lea Elementary, The Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Central High School. [1] In 2007, she was named a 5 under 35 honoree.

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Biography

Solomon attended Barnard College as an undergraduate, and received a Ph.D. in English from UC Berkeley. After her Ph.D., she went on to receive an MFA from the University of Iowa in Fiction. She is currently an Associate Professor of English at Haverford College. [2] Before working at Haverford, she was affiliated with Washington and Lee University and Trinity College.

Solomon has published three books. Her first, Get Down, was a collection of short stories published in 2008. She published her second book, a novel titled Disgruntled, in 2015. [3] Disgruntled was well received by critics. [4] [5] Days of Afrekete appeared in 2021; loosely analogous to Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway with references to Audre Lorde's Zami, it too received favorable reviews. [6]

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References

  1. "Asali Solomon: Returning to Home in her Writing". May 21, 2020.
  2. "FacultyAsali Solomon". Haverford College. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  3. "Novelist's 'Disgruntled' Heroine Is Drawn From Her Own Childhood". Fresh Air / NPR. February 15, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. Cha, Steph (January 29, 2015). "Review Coming of age with Asali Solomon's 'Disgruntled'". LA Times. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. "DISGRUNTLED". Kirkus Review. February 3, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  6. Young, Molly (October 19, 2021). "This Novel Nods to Virginia Woolf While Staring Down Modern Class Lines". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved April 20, 2023.