About

(from Rutgers’s website)

 

Chidi Asoluka (fiction) is from Irvington, NJ. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, with a degree in English and a double minor in African American Studies/Arts. Since graduation, he has worked as a Post-Placement Counselor at Prep for Prep, a non profit organization that prepares and places inner city NYC students at independent schools across the east coast.  He has been fascinated with words for as long as he can remember. He is especially passionate about Nigerian authors Ben Okri, Chinua Achebe, and Chris Abani, which he supposes is a testament to his Nigerian heritage.  He looks forward to being a part of the inaugural MFA class at Rutgers, and in turn helping to create a unique writer’s community in Newark.  Chidi was named a Finalist in the Hurston Wright Award. He is also the 2008 Newark Public Library Reading Group Fellow.