Emily Raboteau is an American fiction writer, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the City College of New York.
Emily Raboteau | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Yale University New York University (MFA) |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Notable works | The Professor's Daughter, Searching for Zion |
| Spouse | Victor LaValle |
Early life
editRaboteau grew up in New Jersey, the daughter of Princeton University professor Albert J. Raboteau.[1][2] She received an undergraduate degree at Yale University and an MFA from New York University.[3]
Career
editRaboteau graduated from New York University.[4] She teaches at City College of New York.[5]
Her writing has been published in The Guardian, The New York Times,[6] New York Review of Books,[7] Oxford American, The Believer, Guernica, The Best American Short Stories,[8] The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Best American Mystery Stories and The Best African American Essays.
She has received the Pushcart Prize, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[8][9]
Her first novel The Professor's Daughter was published in 2005.[10] Her second book, Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora, a work of creative nonfiction, was published in 2013 and won a 2014 American Book Award.[11]
Personal life
editRaboteau is married to novelist Victor LaValle and lives in New York City.[12] They have two children.[13]
Works
edit- "The Professor's Daughter". Macmillan Publishers. 2021-07-20.
- Searching for Zion,
- "Lessons for Survival". Macmillan Publishers. 2021-07-20..[14][15]
References
edit- ^ "Father Daughter Conversation with Emily Raboteau and Albert Raboteau".
- ^ Raboteau, Emily (31 August 2016). "New York Playgrounds I Have Known". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau Wins the International Flash Fiction Competition". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". The City College of New York. August 2, 2015. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ a b "The Structure of Bubbles". Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "NEA Writers' Corner". Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "Macmillan Books: Author: Emily Raboteau, Macmillan :: Augusten Burroughs". Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ "CCNY Professor Wins 2014 American Book Award". The City College of New York. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Scelfo, Julie (2010-04-07). "A Writer Gets a Home Office of Her Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ^ Raboteau, Emily (28 December 2016). "The Rumpus Interview With Emily Raboteau". The Rumpus (Interview). Interviewed by Gina Prescott. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "'Lessons for Survival' reflects on motherhood, racial justice and climate change". Boise State Public Radio. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ Miles, Tiya (2024-03-12). "How to Parent in a World Under Siege?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-24.