{"product_id":"how-to-make-a-slave-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"How to Make a Slave and Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerald Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e Winner, Massachusetts Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year pick from \u003ci\u003eKirkus, BuzzFeed, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The essays in this collection are restless, brilliant and short....The brevity suits not just Walker's style but his worldview, too....Keeping things quick gives him the freedom to move; he can alight on a truth without pinning it into place.\" -Jennifer Szalai, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the black community, Jerald Walker asserts in \u003ci\u003eHow to Make a Slave, \u003c\/i\u003e \"anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion lay in finding its punchline.\" It is on the knife's edge between fury and farce that the essays in this exquisite collection balance. Whether confronting the medical profession's racial biases, considering the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson, paying homage to his writing mentor James Alan McPherson, or attempting to break free of personal and societal stereotypes, Walker elegantly blends personal revelation and cultural critique. The result is a bracing and often humorous examination by one of America's most acclaimed essayists of what it is to grow, parent, write, and exist as a black American male. Walker refuses to lull his readers; instead his missives urge them to do better as they consider, through his eyes, how to be a good citizen, how to be a good father, how to live, and how to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerald Walker is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStreet Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2011 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction. He has published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction, Harvard Review, Missouri Review, River Teeth, Mother Jones, Iowa Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOxford American, \u003c\/i\u003e and he has been widely anthologized, including four times in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays. \u003c\/i\u003eThe recipient of James A. Michener and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Walker is Professor of Creative Writing at Emerson College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48173749272824,"sku":"9780814255995","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/NDNxSWJnc1FRR2JsbUxtNEU3QU90dz09.webp?v=1774954209","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/how-to-make-a-slave-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}