About the Author

Alinuru Yasin began writing poetry as a child while attending boarding school in England and South Africa. The Swahili riddles and proverbs he learned in his Tanzania continue to influence his life. His passion for connecting through shared cultural experiences has taken him on travels around the globe. Before immigrating to the United States in 2000, he was an African safari guide and later became a cultural representative at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. He currently lives in Michigan with his family. Good Grief: 60 Days with 60 Poems is his first book of poetry.

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