Jabari Asim
<p><strong>Jabari Asim</strong> is the author of the critically acclaimed <em>The N Word</em>. He is editor-in-chief of <em>The Crisis</em>—the magazine of the NAACP—and former editor at and frequent contributor to the <em>Washington Post</em>, and his writing has appeared on Salon and in <em>Essence</em>, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, and other publications. He divides his time between Maryland and Illinois with his wife and five children.</p>