Jerald Walker

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Jerald Walker is a writer and professor of creative writing and African American literature at Emerson College. [1]

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Early life and education

Walker was born in Chicago, he received his MFA in Fiction Writing from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, as well as a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Iowa. [2]

Career

Walker's essays have appeared in magazines such as The Harvard Review, The Oxford American, Creative Nonfiction, The New England Review, and Mother Jones, and they have been widely anthologized, including five times in The Best American Essays (2020, 2014, [3] 2011, 2009) [4] and twice in The Best African American Essays (2009, 2010). He has written book reviews for The New York Times and The Washington Post.

His first book, Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Redemption, was awarded the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for Nonfiction. How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, his third book, was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction. [5] He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2022) [6] a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2018), [7] the Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction (2021), [8] a Pushcart Prize (2021), [9] a James A. Michener Fellowship. [10] and a Massachusetts Cultural Council of the Arts Fellowship. [11]

Prior to joining Emerson College, Walker was an associate professor of American Literature at Bridgewater State University. [12] In addition to teaching at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, [13] he has been the Ida Bean Distinguished Visiting Writer in the Nonfiction Program at the University of Iowa [14] and the Visiting Hurst Professor at Washington University. [15]

Works

Books

Anthologies

Awards and Honors

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  2. ↑ "Overcoming Life on the Streets to Teach Literature". Diverse. April 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Walker's work in Best American Essays 2014". Emerson Today. November 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Best American Essays 2020". New England Review. April 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Sutherl, Amy. "Reading for humor, company during insomnia". BostonGlobe.com.
  6. ↑ "Jerald Walker". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jerald Walker". National Endowement for the Arts.
  8. ↑ "Mass Book Awards". Mass Book. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Pushcart Prizes Go to WLP's Asim, Hoffman, Walker". Emerson College. June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jerald Walker". Library Thing. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  11. ↑ "ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS - MAY 2022" (PDF). Mass Book. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  12. ↑ "In Praise of the Essay". Fordham University. April 23, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Jerald Walker". Emerson College. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  14. ↑ "NWP Faculty | English | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | the University of Iowa". The University of Iowa. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Reading by Visiting Hurst Professor Jerald Walker". Washington University. October 21, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  16. ↑ Szalai, Jennifer (November 4, 2020). "'How to Make a Slave' Offers Restless, Brilliant Thoughts About Race". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE AND OTHER ESSAYS". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  18. ↑ "THE WORLD IN FLAMES". Kirkus Reviews.
  19. ↑ "STREET SHADOWS". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption by Jerald Walker". Publishers Weekly.
  21. ↑ "Jerald Walker". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Mass Book Awards". Mass Book. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Pushcart Prizes Go to WLP's Asim, Hoffman, Walker". Emerson College. June 7, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  24. ↑ "BEST OF BOSTON". Boston Magazine. July 6, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  25. ↑ Clossey, Erin (October 6, 2020). "Walker Essay Collection Named Finalist for National Book Award". Emerson Today.
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  27. ↑ "Walker gets PEN Award". Emerson College. March 28, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
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