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Jerald Walker
Associate Professor of English
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Jerald Walker received his MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he was a Teaching/Writing Fellow and James A. Michener Fellow, and he received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from The University of Iowa.
His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous national and international publications, including The Missouri Review, The North American Review, The Barcelona Review, The New Delta Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Mother Jones, The Literary Review, The Oxford American, Outsmart and The Iowa Review. His work has been widely anthologized in publications such as Best American Essays (2007&2009) Best African American Essays (2009&2010), America Now, The Writer’s Presence, and Brothers: 26 Stories on Love and Rivalry. His book, Street Shadows: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Redemption, will be published in January by Random House (Bantam).
Dr. Walker is the recipient of two of Bridgewater State College’s major awards: the Class of 1950 Most Distinguished Research Award, and the Martha D. Jones Award for Most Outstanding Dedication to Students.
In addition to founding the Annual Festival of Arts, Dr. Walker is founder and co-advisor of the literary/arts journal, The Bridge. Since its inception in 2003, The Bridge has won more than sixty national honors, including numerous Crown Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and a Pacemaker from the Associated Collegiate Press. For more information about The Bridge, including submission guidelines, visit thebridgejournal.com, or write to: thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu.
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