Jesse McCarthy
Jesse McCarthy is an American essayist, cultural critic, and assistant professor in English and African-American studies at Harvard University.
Publications
Cultural criticism
McCarthy has published on topics including the representation of women in the civil rights movement in film.Non-fiction
He is the author of Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?, an essay collection addressing questions such as: “What do people owe each other when debts accrued can never be repaid?”Fiction
His debut novel, The Fugitivities, was released June 2021. It's the story of Jonah Winters, a young black man forming his identity, with parts of the story in Brooklyn, Brazil, Montevideo and Paris. He cites Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education as an important source of inspiration.Editor
- Minor Notes Volume 1, with an introduction by Tracy K Smith
- ''The Souls of Black Folk''
Awards