Asim Discusses New Work ‘Yonder’ with WBUR

Writing, Literature, and Publishing professor and author Jabari Asim spoke on WBUR’s Radio Boston program about his new book Yonder, which follows the lives of six men and women, five of which are enslaved, in the South in the mid 1800s.

“It is a brutal telling of struggle, love, toil and freedom,” according to WBUR.

Listen to the segment.

Asim was also interviewed for the Boston Globe’s Bibliophiles column, and describes what he likes to read and some favorite works.