Lawrence P. Jackson

Lawrence P. Jackson
Nationality American
Awards Edgar Award
Academic background
Alma mater Stanford University
Academic work
Discipline History
Institutions Emory University,
Howard University,
Johns Hopkins University

Lawrence Patrick Jackson (born 1968) is an American historian, and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. His book, Chester B. Himes: A Biography won an Edgar Award.[1]

Life

He graduated from Stanford University. He taught at Emory University,[2] and Howard University.[3] His work appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books.[4]

Works

  • Chester B. Himes: A Biography New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. ISBN 9780393063899, OCLC 951070835[5][6][7][8]
  • My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012. ISBN 9780226389493, OCLC 748674632
  • The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780691141350, OCLC 767755021[9]
  • Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius, 1913-1952 New York; Chichester; Weinheim : J. Wiley and Sons, 2001. ISBN 9780471354147, OCLC 491463976

References

  1. ↑ "Lawrence P. Jackson | W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Hurston/Wright Foundation | Lawrence P. Jackson". www.hurstonwright.org. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Lawrence Jackson | English". English. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  4. ↑ "Lawrence P. Jackson - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ↑ "'Chester B. Himes: A Biography,' by Lawrence P. Jackson". SFGate. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Review: Lawrence P. Jackson's "Chester B. Himes"". www.counterpunch.org. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  7. ↑ "How Chester B. Himes Became the Rage in Harlem, and Beyond". Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  8. ↑ Shatz, Adam (2018-04-26). "Writing Absurdity". London Review of Books. pp. 10–15. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  9. ↑ "Review: Lawrence P. Jackson, The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics, 1934-1960 – Irish Journal of American Studies". ijas.iaas.ie. Retrieved 2018-08-30.

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