Emily Bernard

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Emily Bernard
Born1967 (age 5657)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Alma mater Yale University
Employer University of Vermont
Notable workBlack is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019)
Awards Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose

Emily Bernard (born 1967) [1] is an American writer and the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont. [2]

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Early life and education

Emily Bernard was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She earned a BA and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University. [3]

Publications

The 2004 anthology Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships, was edited and introduced by Bernard. [4] She is the author of books including Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White (2010) and Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine, which won the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose in 2019. [5] The essay collection Black Is the Body was among Maureen Corrigan's "Favorite Books of 2019" [6] and Kirkus Reviews described it as "A rare book of healing on multiple levels." [7] [8]

Awards and recognition

Selected works

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