G’Ra Asim - 99 Problems - Wake Up With WURD 8.7.26

G’Ra Asim is a creative writing professor at Washington University. His new book, 99 Problems Finding the 1: a love story (sort of) . G’Ra uses modern romance as a launch pad for deeper discussions about race, gender, power, and loneliness in America. He argues that our culture’s aversion to vulnerability is preventing us from forming lasting connections, and that the cure to loneliness is indeed to try a little tenderness.