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Author Description Asali Solomon was born and raised in West Philadelphia. Her first book, a collection of stories entitled Get Down, is set mostly in Philadelphia. Solomon's work has been featured in Vibe, Essence, and the anthology Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Lips and Other Parts. She has a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley and an MFA form the Iowa's Writer Workshop in fiction. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and is on the short list for this year's Hurston/Wright Literary Award for best new fiction.<br /><br />The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2007 nominees include ASALI SOLOMON for her collection of short stories, Get Down published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2006. <br /><br />She also was named one of the National Book foundation's '5 Under 35 in 2007.<br /><br />(from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://aalbc.com/authors/asali_solomon.htm">http://aalbc.com/authors/asali_solomo...</a>)

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