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.

Clifford Thompson

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF][hybrid]

Laurie Jean

Visiting Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2021

Tess Lewis

Visiting Literary Translation Writer

Lauren Markham

Visiting Alumnx CNF Writer, Winter 2018

Jericho Parms

Alumnx Creative Nonfiction Writer, Winter 2017

Carmen Maria Machado

Visiting Fiction Writer, Winter 2019