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Morgan Jerkins

Morgan Jerkins
Morgan Jerkins is the New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing, Wandering In Strange Lands, and Caul Baby.


On Jessie Redmon Fauset, the Harlem Renaissance Writer Long Overdue for a Resurgence

Morgan Jerkins Reads Plum Bun in the Era of “Identity Politics”
February 16, 2022  By Morgan Jerkins
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How 5 Books on Black Motherhood Helped Me Write My Debut Novel

Morgan Jerkins Recommends Toni Morrison, Edward P. Jones, and More
April 8, 2021  By Morgan Jerkins
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Even When Records Fall Short, Black History Must Be Told

Morgan Jerkins on the Story of Her Family
August 5, 2020  By Morgan Jerkins
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Writing While Black

On Cliche, Stereotype, and the Struggle to Describe Blackness
January 22, 2016  By Morgan Jerkins
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