Jerald Walker
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Jerald Walker

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Jerald Walker is the author of THE WORLD IN FLAMES: A BLACK BOYHOOD IN A WHITE SUPREMACIST DOOMSDAY CULT and STREET SHADOWS: A MEMOIR OF RACE, REBELLION AND REDEMPTION, recipient of the 2011 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction and named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews. He has published in magazines such as Creative Nonfiction, The Harvard Review, The Missouri Review, River Teeth, Mother Jones, The Iowa Review, and The Oxford American, and he has been widely anthologized, including five times in The Best American Essays anthology. His latest book, HOW TO MAKE A SLAVE AND OTHER ESSAYS (Nov. 2020), was a Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and winner of the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the James A. Michener Foundation. Walker is a Professor of Creative Writing at Emerson College. Author photo: Brenda Molife
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