![]() 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 200 Asali Solomon was born and raised in West Philadelphia. 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. She has a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley and an MFA form the Iowa's Writer Workshop in fiction. 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. ![]() Her first book, a collection of stories entitled Get Down, is set mostly in Philadelphia. ![]() Asali Solomon was born and raised in West Philadelphia. ![]()
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