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.

Jamaal May

Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Victor LaValle

Visiting Fiction Writer, Summer 2017

Laura Warrell

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

Terrance Hayes

Visiting Poet, Winter 2019

Yuri Herrera

Visiting VCFA Reads Author, Winter 2018

Wendy S. Walters

Visiting CNF Writer, Winter 2022