Profile

Along with two memoirs, Jerald Walker is the author of How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, a 2020 nonfiction Finalist for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in publications such as the Harvard Review, Creative Nonfiction, The Iowa Review, and Mother Jones, and it has been widely anthologized, including five times in The Best American Essays series.

He is a Professor of Creative Writing and African American Literature at Emerson College.

J. Kates

Visiting Translator, Winter 2017

Alexander Chee

Visiting Writer, Winter 2018

Chen Chen

Visiting Writer, Winter 2020

Kaveh Akbar

Visiting Poet, Summer 2022

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Visiting Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Laura Warrell

Faculty, Novel Retreat; Visiting Alumnx Fiction Writer, Winter 2023