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American writer (born 1967)

Emily Bernard
Born1967 (age 57–58)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Alma materYale University
EmployerUniversity of Vermont
Notable workBlack is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019)
AwardsChristopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose

Emily Bernard (born 1967) is an American writer and the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont.

Early life and education

Emily Bernard was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She earned a BA and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University.

Publications

The 2004 anthology Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships, was edited and introduced by Bernard. 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. The essay collection Black Is the Body was among Maureen Corrigan's "Favorite Books of 2019" and Kirkus Reviews described it as "A rare book of healing on multiple levels."

Awards and recognition

  • 2001: The New York Times Notable Book of the Year for Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten
  • 2006: New York Public Library as a Book for the Teen Age for Some of My Best Friends: Writers on Interracial Friendship
  • 2008–09: James Weldon Johnson Fellowship in African American Studies, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
  • 2010: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
  • 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

Selected works

  • 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
  • Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (2019), Knopf

References

  1. Bernard, Emily 1967- in libraries (WorldCat catalog).
  2. "Emily Bernard, Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor Carnegie Fellow". www.uvm.edu. College of Arts and Sciences : University of Vermont. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  3. "Emily Bernard". HarperCollins US. Harper Collins. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. Bernard, Emily (Winter 2005). "Crossing the line". uvm.edu | University Communications. University of Vermont. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  5. Bernard, Emily (March 28, 2024). "My Name Is Emily". The American Scholar. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  6. "Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2019: Here Are 10 Unputdownable Reeds". NPR. December 3, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "NOTABLE BOOKS". The New York Times. December 2, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. "Emily Bernard | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library". beinecke.library.yale.edu. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  13. "Emily Bernard". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  14. "The Christopher Isherwood Prize". The Christopher Isherwood Foundation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  15. McCauley, Mary Carole (October 8, 2012). "The white advocate for the Harlem Renaissance". baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 30, 2017.

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