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Gerald Lyn Early


Alternative spellings:
Gerald L. Early
Gerald Early

B: 1952 Philadelphia
Biblio: prof. of English and African and Afro-American studies at Washington Univ. in St. Louis, Mo.; poet, essayist and American culture critic ; Schriftsteller

Profession

  • Schriftsteller
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  • Gerald Lyn Early (born April 21, 1952) is an American essayist and American culture critic. He is currently the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American studies, American culture studies, and Director, Center for Joint Projects in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also served as a consultant on Ken Burns' documentary films Baseball, Jazz, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The War, and Muhammad Ali. He is a regular commentator on National Public Radio's Fresh Air. His essays have appeared in numerous editions of Best American Essays series. He writes on topics as diverse as American literature, the Korean War, African-American culture, Afro-American autobiography, non-fiction prose, baseball, jazz, prizefighting, Motown, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali and Sammy Davis Jr. (Source: DBPedia)

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      2004
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      1993

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