Novelist’s ‘Disgruntled’ Heroine is Drawn from Her Own Childhood, Fresh Air with Terry Gross. InterviewsĪ Day in the Life: Asali Solomon talks about craft, social media and her new novel, Bookforum, by Porochista Khakpour 2019 Customers Also Bought The Vanishing Half. More Books by Asali Solomon The Days of Afrekete. What things The things you learn in childhood. This paradox is the heartbeat of Asali Solomon's moving, tough-minded novel, which talks about all of it: family ties, highs and lows, pop culture, work, race, love, and all the other things that make up life., In Disgruntled Solomon has created a masterful young woman's coming-of-age story as Kenya struggles to create herself in spite of the. Disgruntled, effortlessly funny and achingly poignant, follows Kenya from West Philadelphia to the suburbs. Elizabeth McCracken, author of Thunderstruck & Other Stories Whats childhood Its when you dont know things. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Get Downestablished Asali Solomon as one of the finest writers of her generation Disgruntlednarrows it down to one of the finest writers alive.

Solomon teaches fiction writing and literature of the African diaspora at Haverford College. Her work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Vibe, Essence, The Paris Review Daily, McSweeney’s, and several anthologies, and on NPR. Her debut story collection, Get Down, earned her a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honor, and was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.

Asali Solomon’s first novel, Disgruntled, was named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Denver Post.

Disgruntled by Asali Solomon