Biography:Jesse McCarthy
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Jesse McCarthy is an essayist, cultural critic, and assistant professor in English and African-American studies at Harvard University.[1]
Publications
Non-fiction
He is the author of Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?, an essay collection addressing questions such as: “What do people owe each other when debts accrued can never be repaid?”[2]
Fiction
His debut novel, The Fugitivities, was released June 2021.[3][4] It's the story of Jonah Winters, a young black man forming his identity, with parts of the story in Brooklyn, Brazil, Montevideo and Paris.[4] He cites Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education as an important source of inspiration.[4]
Awards
McCarthy was recipient of a literary Whiting Award 2022 (50.000 US Dollar) in the category non-fiction for his essay collection Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? granted by the Whiting Foundation in Brooklyn, New York City.[5]
References
- ↑ Walker, Jerald (March 26, 2021). "To This Essayist and Cultural Critic, the Black Tradition Is Resistance" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/review/jesse-mccarthy-who-will-pay-reparations-on-my-soul.html.
- ↑ "Book review of Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays by Jesse McCarthy". https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wrestling-with-the-complexities-of-music-art-and-reparations/2021/04/29/91ba5844-9df0-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html.
- ↑ "Briefly Noted" (in en-US). June 16, 2021. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/journey-to-the-edge-of-reason-projections-palace-of-the-drowned-and-the-fugitivities.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "In Jesse McCarthy's Debut Novel, A Young Black Man Goes In Search Of Himself" (in en). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/05/1003533677/in-jesse-mccarthys-debut-album-a-young-black-man-goes-in-search-of-himself.
- ↑ "Jesse McCarthy 2022 Winner in Nonfiction". https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/jesse-mccarthy#/.
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