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  • “Killing the Donald Trump in Us: How to be Less Like the Man We Elected to Lead Us,” Very Smart Brothas, January 2, 2018.
  • A coming-of-age tale, a portrait of Philadelphia in the late eighties and early nineties, and an examination of the impossible double-binds of race, Disgruntled.
  • Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010) was published in A Black Philadelphia Reader on page 293.

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    Writing (selected)

    Fiction

    • “Delandria.” Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi and Minton Jenny, eds. The Best Short Stories of 2021: The O. Henry Stories. New York, Anchor Books, 2021. 

    • McSweeney's Quarterly. Issue 55, Spring 2019.

    • “Black Women Academics and Their White Male Partners: A Study in Seamless Contradictions.” Kweli Magazine. December 22, 2014. 

    •  “Cold Water for Blood Stains.” The Kenyon Review. Winter 2013. 

    • “Secret Pool” in USA Noir: The Best of the Akashic Series. Temple, Johnny, ed. Brooklyn, New York: Akashic Books, 2013.  

    Nonfiction

    • “Live from the Belly of the Beast: In 2020 West Philadelphia was the best place in this terrible world,” Philadelphia Magazine, June 2021.

    • “Conversations with Microagressions and the Spirit World.” in Eds. Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin. How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance. New York: Nation Books, March 2019.

    • “Killing the Donald Trump in Us: How to be Less Like the Man We Elected to Lead Us,” Very Smart Brothas, January 2, 2018. 

    • “Asali Solomon Recommends,” Poets & Writers, December 10, 2015. 

    • “Difference”, O: the Oprah Magazine. 

    • “Black History,”Paris Review Daily, November 24, 2015. 

    • “Black Fu

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      Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010)

      "Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010)". A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love, edited by Louis J. Parascandola, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2024, pp. 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098265-049

      (2024). Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010). In L. Parascandola (Ed.), A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love (pp. 293-306). University Park, USA: Penn State University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098265-049

      2024. Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010). In: Parascandola, L. ed. A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098265-049

      "Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010)" In A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love edited by Louis J. Parascandola, 293-306. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098265-049

      Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010). In: Parascandola L (ed.) A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love. University Park, USA:

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