Emily Bernard Explained

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

Emily Bernard was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. She earned a BA and a PhD in American Studies from Yale University.^[3]

Publications

The 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

• 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

• 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,
• 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

External links

• Official website: Emily Bernard

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Emily Bernard, Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor Carnegie Fellow . College of Arts and Sciences : University of Vermont. www.uvm.edu. September 28, 2024. en.
3. Web site: Emily Bernard. HarperCollins US. Harper Collins. 30 November 2017. en.
4. Web site: Crossing the line. Emily. Bernard. uvm.edu University Communications. University of Vermont. Winter 2005. September 28, 2024.
5. My Name Is Emily. Emily. Bernard. The American Scholar. March 28, 2024. September 28, 2024.
6. Web site: Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2019: Here Are 10 Unputdownable Reeds. NPR. December 3, 2019. September 28, 2024.
7. Web site: Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine. Kirkus Reviews. October 22, 2018. September 28, 2024.
8. Web site: NPR names professor Emily Bernard’s book an 'unputdownable' read of 2019. UVM Today University Communications. University of Vermont. December 4, 2019. September 28, 2024.
9. News: NOTABLE BOOKS. 2001-12-02. The New York Times. 2017-11-30. en-US. 0362-4331.
10. News: BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Advice With Avocados: A Letter-Writing Friendship. Maslin. Janet. 2001-03-05. The New York Times. 2017-11-30. en-US. 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships by Emily Bernard The Sycamore Review Literature, Opinion, and the Arts. web.ics.purdue.edu. Terri S.. Jackson. 2017-11-30.
12. Web site: Emily Bernard Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. beinecke.library.yale.edu. en. 2017-11-30.
13. Web site: Emily Bernard. www.uvm.edu. en. 2020-02-17.
14. Web site: The Christopher Isherwood Prize . The Christopher Isherwood Foundation . 27 September 2021 . 26 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210926112745/http://www.isherwoodfoundation.org/prizes.html . dead .
15. News: McCauley. Mary Carole. The white advocate for the Harlem Renaissance. 8 October 2012. baltimoresun.com. 30 November 2017. The Baltimore Sun.