Asali Solomon is an American professor, author, and novelist. She grew up in

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, and attended Henry C. Lea Elementary,

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, and graduated from Central High School. In 2007, she was named a 5 under 35 honoree.

Biography

Solomon attended

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as an undergraduate, and received a Ph.D. in English from

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. After her Ph.D., she went on to receive an MFA from the

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in Fiction. She is currently an Associate Professor of English at

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. Before working at Haverford, she was affiliated with

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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. ''Disgruntled'' was well received by critics. ''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.

Bibliography

* ''Get Down'' (2008) * ''Disgruntled'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) * ''Days of Afrekete'' (Farra, Straus and Giroux, 2021)

References

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