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]
Emily Bernard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Employer | University of Vermont |
| Notable work | Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019) |
| Awards | Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose |
Early life and education
editEmily Bernard was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She earned a BA and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University.[3]
Publications
editThe 2004 anthology Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships, was edited and introduced by Bernard.[4] She is the author of books including Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White (2010) and Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine, which won the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose in 2019.[5] The essay collection Black Is the Body was among Maureen Corrigan's "Favorite Books of 2019"[6] and Kirkus Reviews described it as "A rare book of healing on multiple levels."[7][8]
Awards and recognition
edit- 2001: The New York Times Notable Book of the Year[9] for Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten[10]
- 2006: New York Public Library as a Book for the Teen Age for Some of My Best Friends: Writers on Interracial Friendship[11]
- 2008–09: James Weldon Johnson Fellowship in African American Studies, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library[12]
- 2010: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs[13]
- 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[14]
Selected works
edit- Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten (2001), Knopf
- Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships (2004), Amistad/HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-008276-3
- Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs with Deborah Willis (2009), W.W. Norton
- Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black and White (2010), Yale University Press[15]
- Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019), Knopf
References
edit- ^ Bernard, Emily 1967- in libraries (WorldCat catalog).
- ^ "Emily Bernard, Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor Carnegie Fellow". www.uvm.edu. College of Arts and Sciences : University of Vermont. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "Emily Bernard". HarperCollins US. Harper Collins. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Bernard, Emily (Winter 2005). "Crossing the line". uvm.edu | University Communications. University of Vermont. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ Bernard, Emily (March 28, 2024). "My Name Is Emily". The American Scholar. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2019: Here Are 10 Unputdownable Reeds". NPR. December 3, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine". Kirkus Reviews. October 22, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "NPR names professor Emily Bernard's book an 'unputdownable' read of 2019". UVM Today | University Communications. University of Vermont. December 4, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ^ "NOTABLE BOOKS". The New York Times. December 2, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (March 5, 2001). "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Advice With Avocados: A Letter-Writing Friendship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Jackson, Terri S. "Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships by Emily Bernard | The Sycamore Review | Literature, Opinion, and the Arts". web.ics.purdue.edu. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Emily Bernard | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library". beinecke.library.yale.edu. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Emily Bernard". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "The Christopher Isherwood Prize". The Christopher Isherwood Foundation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ McCauley, Mary Carole (October 8, 2012). "The white advocate for the Harlem Renaissance". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
External links
edit- Official website: Emily Bernard
- Appearances on C-SPAN