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Marlon James

Marlon James
Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller A Brief History of Seven Killings, The Book of Night Women, and John Crow's Devil. A Brief History of Seven Killings won the Man Booker Prize, the American Book Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Book of Night Women won the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the NAACP Image Award. James is a professor at Macalester College in St Paul and divides his time between Minnesota and New York.


Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

"He is a myth-maker, but also a dream restorer."
October 20, 2020  By Marlon James
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Marlon James: One Day I Will Write About My Mother

"My mother, who spent most of her life building work and family, never built a room of her own."
February 4, 2019  By Marlon James
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Marlon James on the Subversive Art of the Dancehall Sign

Looking at Three Decades of Jamaican Poster Art
November 22, 2016  By Marlon James
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Marlon James: Why I’m Done Talking About Diversity

Or, Why We Should Try an All-White Diversity Panel
October 20, 2016  By Marlon James
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Marlon James: Five Jamaican Novels You Should Read

Shapeshifters, Metafictions, and a Whole lot of Sex
September 30, 2015  By Marlon James
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