Emily Bernard
Emily Bernard (born 1967)[1] is an American writer and the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Emily Bernard was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned a BA and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University.[3]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- 2001: New York Times Notable Book of the Year[4] for Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten[5]
- 2006: New York Public Library as a Book for the Teen Age for Some of My Best Friends: Writers on Interracial Friendship[6]
- 2008–9: James Weldon Johnson Fellowship in African American Studies, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library[7]
- 2010: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs[8]
- 2019: Los Angeles Times – Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, for Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine[9]
Selected works
[edit]- Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019), Knopf
- Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White (2010), Yale University Press[10]
- Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs with Deborah Willis (2009), W.W. Norton
- Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships (2004), HarperCollins
- Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten (2001), Knopf
References
[edit]- ^ Bernard, Emily 1967- in libraries (WorldCat catalog).
- ^ Bernard, Emily. "Department of English : University of Vermont". www.uvm.edu. University of Vermont. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Emily Bernard". HarperCollins US. Harper Collins. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "NOTABLE BOOKS". The New York Times. 2001-12-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (2001-03-05). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Advice With Avocados: A Letter-Writing Friendship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "The Sycamore Review | Literature, Opinion, and the Arts". web.ics.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Emily Bernard | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library". beinecke.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Emily Bernard". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
- ^ "The Christopher Isherwood Prize". The Christopher Isherwood Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ McCauley, Mary Carole (8 October 2012). "The white advocate for the Harlem Renaissance". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website: Emily Bernard
- Appearances on C-SPAN
Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers
- Yale College alumni
- University of Vermont faculty
- American women academics
- Writers from Nashville, Tennessee
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American academics
- 1967 births