![]() In recent years, there has been the start of a long-needed and vital conversation among white people about racial justice. The essays in How to Make a Slave offer valuable contributions to this dialogue, and defy preconceived ideas of race with wry wit and unyielding honesty.ĭr. It illuminates an intimate account of the writer as an African American man in the United States. In the process of examining his own experiences, Walker challenges white readers to confront their assumptions of the Black experience in America today. Walker's How to Make a Slave and Other Essays is a finalist for a National Book award. 5.5 x 8.5 Pub Date: November, 2020 Subjects: Creative Nonfiction Series: 21st Century Essays Imprint: Mad Creek Order Paperback 19.95 15.96 Save 20 and get free shipping ISBN: 978-0-8142-5599-5 Order PDF ebook 19. ![]() Last December, we spoke with Walker about his recently published collection of essays and his own personal journey as a writer. Written at multitudes, Jerald Walker’s book How to Make a Slave and Other Essays meets the challenge. How to Make a Slave and Other Essays Jerald Walker 152 pp. Credit: Photo by Brenda Molife / Cover Courtesy of The Ohio State University Pressįriday on Political Rewind: A return to a previous conversation with author Jerald Walker, writer of How to Make a Slave and Other Essays. ![]()
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