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Book Talk: "How to Make a Slave & Other Essays" w/ author, Jerald Walker

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Date:
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
KPFA Radio of Berkeley
Location Details:
Online event via Zoom

Jerald Walker will discuss his book, "How to Make a Slave & Other Essays", a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Nonfiction, followed by questions & answers with interviewer, Kevin Cartwright.

Date and Time: Thursday, January 28, 2021 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM PST

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jerald-walker-how-to-make-a-slave-and-other-essays-tickets-130211779939


For the Black community, Jerald Walker asserts in "How To Make a Slave” that "anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion is 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, or attempting to break free of personal and societal stereotypes, Walker elegantly blends intimate revelation and cultural critique.

The result is a bracing, often humorous examination by one of America’s most acclaimed essayists of what it is to grow, parent, write, and simply exist at this time as a Black American male.

“These powerful essays offer an incisive glimpse into life as a Black man in America…crafted with honesty and a wry comedic flair, these essays are both engaging and enraging.” —Kirkus Review


AUTHOR: Jerald Walker is the author of "The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult" and "Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption" (winner of the 2011 PEN New England Award for Nonfiction). His work has been widely anthologized, including five times in "The Best American Essays". He is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Emerson College.

INTERVIEWER: Kevin Cartwright, a former Program Director with KPFA Radio, has also produced a and contributed to a number of local and national public affairs programs, including Democracy Now, Living Room, The Morning Show, Education Today, 1440, and various short run documentaries. In addition, Kevin is a playwright, poet, and short story writer. He’s written several full-length plays about life in Oakland, and is currently finishing two plays dealing with the musical implications of life under racism.
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