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Early Life

Aisha Sabatini Sloan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where from an early age she took a considerable interest in the events of the world around her. This includes an opportunity to meet Muhammad Ali while in grade school, largely due to her father's friendship with one Howard Bingham. She credits the experience as the first exposure she knowingly had with Islam. Later, in high school, she received poor marks on a passionate paper written about the controversial figure Sally Mann.

She went on to earn a Literature BA from Carleton College, a Cultural Studies and Studio Art MA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and a Creative Nonfiction MFA from the University of Arizona.

Professional life

Aisha has gone on to write numerous reviews, essays, and books exploring race and various current events. Her writing won her the 1913 Open Prose Contest for her most recent book, Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit, prior to publication. For this same book, she launched a successful Indiegogo campaign to afford her publicist Kima Jones.

She is also a Pushcart Prize nominee as well as a finalist for Write-a-House in 2014 and the Disquiet Literary Prize in 2015.

Her work has been featured in Best American Non-Required Reading and Best American Essays.

She has worked as an adjunct professor and returned to Carleton College as a visiting professor. Presently, she teaches part-time at the University of Arizona to aloe ample time for her writing.

 

Bibliography

                Books

Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit (10/23/17)

The Fluency of Light (2013)

                Essays

On Basquiat, the Black Body, and a Strange Sensation in my Next

                                Caldera

                                D is for the Dance of the Hours  

                                How to Prepare to See the Royall Family Portrait

                                Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit

 

References

https://aishasloan.com/essays/

https://aishasloan.com/

https://english.arizona.edu/users/aisha-sabatini-sloan

http://blogs.carleton.edu/englishdepartment/2014/05/26/a-conversation-with-aisha-sabatini-sloan/

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dreaming-of-ramadi-in-detroit-diversity-literature#/

https://theundefeated.com/features/author-aisha-sabatini-sloan-new-book-detroit-muhammad-ali/

https://mfadayjob.com/2017/01/09/get-an-mfa-or-dont-but-please-get-to-work-an-interview-with-aisha-sabatini-sloan/

Thoughts on upcoming article:

I plan to write a Wikipedia article including research on the following aspects of Aisha Sabatini Sloan's professional life: Potential resources that may yield valuable information:
 * Aisha Sabatini Sloan
 * Publications
 * Critical response to those publications
 * Background (cultural, educational, etc...)
 * Professional/teaching/theatrical (if applicable)
 * https://aishasloan.com/
 * https://english.arizona.edu/users/aisha-sabatini-sloan
 * https://poetry.arizona.edu/people/aisha-sabatini-sloan-0
 * https://mfadayjob.com/2017/01/09/get-an-mfa-or-dont-but-please-get-to-work-an-interview-with-aisha-sabatini-sloan/
 * http://blog.sierranevada.edu/sierranevadareview/2015/12/14/the-intersection-of-grief-and-art-an-interview-with-aisha-sabatini-sloan/
 * https://theundefeated.com/features/author-aisha-sabatini-sloan-new-book-detroit-muhammad-ali/
 * http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2013/06/kismet-blueprints-secret-tattoos-catching-up-with-essayist-aisha-sabatini-sloan/
 * https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6572249.Aisha_Sabatini_Sloan
 * http://blogs.carleton.edu/englishdepartment/2014/05/26/a-conversation-with-aisha-sabatini-sloan/
 * Drolet, Anne M. "A Fluency of Light: Coming of Age in a Theater of Black and White." North American Review. Winter2013, Vol. 298 Issue 1, p44-44. 1/2p., Database: MasterFILE Premier
 * Sloan, Aisha Sabatini. "A Forecast for Blackness." Callaloo. Fall2010, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p979-981. 3p., Database: MasterFILE Premier

Article Evaluation Notes:
 * 1) "Good" or "Featured" article notes make it more comfortable for me as a teacher to permit students to make use of Wikipedia in their research. Still won't let them use it as a source, but it encourages me to know that it's reliable to access the references at the bottom and use those instead.
 * 2) Relief to know more about close paraphrasing. I once worked as an intern writer for a website. Had to write an article over a topic I didn't know while very sleepy and accidentally did this. It was humiliating to realize that my article offered absolutely nothing new and, worse, that it was clear what my reference was. The advice given by Wikipedia are the steps I took afterwards to avoid this happening again.
 * 3) Consult the citation button when including a citation. Be sure to include one per paragraph.