His works of fiction include A Taste of Honey and Only the Strong. Moved by the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lorenzo Guts Tolliver decides to abandon his career as a professional leg-breaker and pursue a life of quiet moments and generous helpings of banana pudding in the company of his new, sensuous lover. His books for children include Whose Toes Are Those? and Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis. His nonfiction books include The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t, and Why What Obama Means: For Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Future Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life and We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival. Louis, Jabari Asim is a journalist and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. All of us have two tongues, Janina Edwards opens as the narrator. He directs the MFA program in creative writing at Emerson College, where he is also the Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice. Chameleonic writer Jabari Asim’s second novel after Only the Strong (2015) gets historical with a cast of enslaved Black characters searingly called the Stolen, their white enslavers rightfully are Thieves who attempt to survive the atrocities of the antebellum South. Jabari Asim is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. Only the Strong:. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. They dream of freedom, they fall in love despite knowing they could be separated from their partners or children at any moment, and they believe in the power of words and storytelling. Buy Only the Strong by Asim, Jabari from Amazons Fiction Books Store. Jackson Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins 4.3 (8 ratings) Try for 0. Despite living in a society determined to keep the Stolen uneducated and unaware of their surroundings, the enslaved people of Placid Hall hold on to as much of their humanity as possible. Only the Strong By: Jabari Asim Narrated by: J. The slaves call themselves the Stolen, and White people, from plantation owners down to children, are referred to as Thieves. Jabari Asim’s majestic second novel is set in the mid-19th century on a plantation called Placid Hall, which is within a hundred miles of free soil.

Only the Strong by Jabari Asim