04457cam a2200949 4500 468421795 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780814278215 0814278213 B08K3R8LHW Amazon 9aab95d7-a2f7-4cfa-9f1a-c43456fc71bb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5770147 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Walker, Jerald. How to Make a Slave and Other Essays [Libby eBook]. Ohio State University Press, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Guggenheim fellowship winners. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. national book award finalist. new york times book review. Massachusetts Book Awards. iowa writers workshop. James Alan MacPherson. national book awards. National Book Award. creative nonfiction. Gifts for black men. The World in Flames. Buzzfeed Best Book. Guggenheim Fellow. Southside Chicago. Fresh Air authors. Guggenheim winner. racial profiling. African American. Hanif Abdurraqib. racism on campus. Michael Jackson. Charles johnson. emerson college. Mad Creek Books. 2022 Guggenheim. gifts for dads. boston suburbs. medical racism. Street Shadows. Black culture. samantha irby. Barack Obama. jackson five. funny essays. Kiese Laymon. whole foods. terry gross. Terri Gross. Fatherhood. inner city. parenting. Jackson 5. fresh air. black men. academia. Religion. Chicago. family. racism. Boston. Essays. memoir. race. HTML:<b>Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction<br /> Winner, 2021 Massachusetts Book Award, Nonfiction Category</b><br /> <b>A Book of the Year pick from <i>Kirkus, BuzzFeed,</i> and <i>Literary Hub</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>"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 <i>New York Times</i></b><br /> <br /> For the black community, Jerald Walker asserts in <i>How to Make a Slave,</i> "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. Biography & Autobiography. Literary Criticism. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-08-26 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9aab95d7-a2f7-4cfa-9f1a-c43456fc71bb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9aab95d7-a2f7-4cfa-9f1a-c43456fc71bb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)