Farah Jasmine Griffin
Farah Jasmine Griffin (Ph.D. Yale), is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of Who Set You Flowin’?: The African American Migration Narrative; If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday; Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II; and Read Until You Understand: New and Selected Essays, among other works.
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Farah Jasmine Griffin (Ph.D. Yale), is the William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University. She is the author of Who Set You Flowin’?: The African American Migration Narrative; If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday; Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II; and Read Until You Understand: New and Selected Essays, among other works.
Awards
Shortlisted — Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, 2022
Winner — Phi Beta Kappa Christian Gauss Award, 2022
Shortlisted — Stowe Prize, 2023
Books by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Hardback, 2021
“A masterpiece... Farah Jasmine Griffin’s magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes.”—Cornel WestRead Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Farah Jasmine Griffin
E Book, 2021
“A masterpiece... Farah Jasmine Griffin’s magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes.”—Cornel WestRead Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Paperback, 2022
A brilliant scholar imparts the lessons bequeathed by the Black community and its remarkable artists and thinkersIn Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Paperback, 2023
Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (Walton Myumba, Boston Globe)In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays
Farah Jasmine Griffin
E Book
Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (Walton Myumba, Boston Globe)