For the Black community, Jerald Walker asserts in How To Make a Slave,” anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion is in finding ...

Hingham author Jerald Walker devoted more than a decade of his life to writing his latest book, "How to Make a Slave," but he has spent all 59 of his years living it. Walker’s book is a collection of ...

Jerald Walker’s “Magically Black And Other Essays” is so funny that, even though it’s nonfiction, as you read it you might find yourself tempted to think he’s kidding. That’s because Walker’s a smart ...

The Massachusetts Center for the Book recently announced the award and honors titles in the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. The awards recognize achievement in five categories of literature ...

Born and raised in Chicago’s tough South Side, Jerald Walker spent his formative years following the same troubled path as many others in his neighborhood. By the age of 17, Walker was a dropout, a ...

As a black faculty member at a large, overwhelmingly white, public university located in a city with a majority-black population, I understand Jerald Walker’s point of view (“Visible Man,” Careers, ...

JERALD Walker knew he was different from his mates – because they told him it was weird that he was not allowed to celebrate his birthday or Christmas. But what his friends and neighbours didn’t know ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. [The Best Books of 2020: View our full list.] Were they or weren’t they? Being racist, that is. In ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

For the Black community, Jerald Walker asserts in How To Make a Slave," anger is often a prelude to a joke, as there is broad understanding that the triumph over this destructive emotion is in finding ...

Jerald Walker is a Hingham resident Walker grew up on the South Side of Chicago 'in the heart of the ghetto.' Walker writes 'more on the positives of Black life than the negatives' Hingham author ...