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American academic
Farah Jasmine Griffin (born 1963) is an American academic and professor specializing in
African-American literature . She is William B. Ransford Professor of
English and
Comparative Literature and
African-American Studies ,
[2] chair of the
African American and African Diaspora Studies Department ,
[3] and Director Elect of the Columbia University Institute for Research in African American Studies at
Columbia University .
[4]
She received her BA degree from
Harvard University in 1985. She completed her PhD from
Yale University in 1992.
[5]
In 2021, she received a
Guggenheim Fellowship .
[6]
Bibliography
In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays (
W.W. Norton & Company , 2023)
[7]
Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature (
W. W. Norton & Company , 2021)
[8]
If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday (
Free Press , 2001)
[9]
Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever with Salim Washington (
St. Martin's , 2008)
[10]
[11]
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II (
Basic Books , 2013)
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
"Who Set You Flowin'?": The African-American Migration Narrative (
Oxford University Press , 1995)
[17]
Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from
Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and
Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868 , ed. (
Alfred A. Knopf , 1999)
[18]
[19]
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies , ed. with
Robert G. O'Meally and
Brent Hayes Edwards (
Columbia University Press , 2004)
[20]
Inclusive Scholarship: Developing Black Studies in the United States: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective of Ford Foundation Grant Making, 1982-2007 (
Ford Foundation , 2007)
References
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"2022 Book Awards Winners" .
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"Lecture: Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University | Department of Music | University of Pittsburgh" . www.music.pitt.edu . Retrieved 2017-04-03 .
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"Activism Leads Columbia to Form Black Studies Department" . Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly . 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-30 .
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"Farah Jasmine Griffin | IRAAS Institute for Research in African-American Studies" . iraas.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2017-04-03 .
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"Farah Griffin | Center for the Study of Social Difference" . socialdifference.columbia.edu . Retrieved 2017-04-03 .
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"Meet the New Crop of 2021 Guggenheim Fellows" . Columbia News . Retrieved 2022-04-10 .
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https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393355772
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https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324022046
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"Nonfiction Book Review: If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday by Farah Jasmine Griffin, Author Free Press $25 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-86808-0" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
^ Williams, Ryan Michael (2008-09-25).
"Clawing at the Limits of Cool by Griffin & Washington" . PopMatters . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
^ Leubner, Ben (2010-05-01).
"Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever" . Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation . 6 (1).
doi :
10.21083/csieci.v6i1.1212 .
ISSN
1712-0624 .
^ George, Nelson (2013-09-20).
" 'Harlem Nocturne,' by Farah Jasmine Griffin" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
^ Batiste, Stephanie (2016-07-02). "Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II, by Farah Jasmine Griffin". The Black Scholar . 46 (3): 64–66.
doi :
10.1080/00064246.2016.1188361 .
ISSN
0006-4246 .
S2CID
152047614 .
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"Nonfiction Book Review: Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists of Progressive Politics During World War II by Farah Jasmine Griffin. Basic, $26.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-465-01875-8" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
^ Bates, Karen Grigsby (September 10, 2013).
"Harlem On Their Minds: Life In America's Black Capital" . NPR.org . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
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"HARLEM NOCTURNE Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II by Farah Jasmine Griffin" . Kirkus Reviews . June 17, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2017 .
^ Jarrett, Gene (2000). "Review of "WHO SET YOU FLOWIN'?": THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MIGRATION NARRATIVE". The Black Scholar . 30 (2): 47–49.
doi :
10.1080/00064246.2000.11431091 .
JSTOR
41068882 .
S2CID
219315065 .
^ Higbie, Andrea (August 29, 1999).
"Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
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"Nonfiction Book Review: Beloved Sisters and Loving Friends: Letters from Rebecca Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868 by Farah Jasmine Griffin, Editor, Rebecca Primus, Author, Addie Brown, Joint Author Alfred A. Knopf $26 (320p) ISBN 978-0-679-45128-0" . PublishersWeekly.com . Retrieved 2017-12-26 .
^ Spring, Howard (2005-09-01).
"Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies" . Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation . 1 (2).
doi :
10.21083/csieci.v1i2.20 .
ISSN
1712-0624 .
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