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Farah Jasmine Griffin

Farah Jasmine Griffin is professor of African American and African diaspora studies and English and comparative literature at Columbia University. She is the author of Read Until You Understand, among other works. Recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in New York.

Farah Jasmine Griffin

Farah Jasmine Griffin is professor of African American and African diaspora studies and English and comparative literature at Columbia University. She is the author of Read Until You Understand, among other works. Recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in New York.

Awards

Shortlisted — Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, 2022

Winner — Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, 2022

Shortlisted — Stowe Prize, 2023

Books by Farah Jasmine Griffin