Jerald. | Essays. Selections Walker | Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry Gross

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November 3, 2020

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'How To Make A Slave' Author On The Advice That Changed His Writing Career

Jerald Walker talks about growing up on Chicago's South Side, raising his two sons in a predominantly white suburb and preventing his essays from turning into clichés about the Black experience.

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