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Debra J. Dickerson

Debra J. Dickerson is an award-winning essayist and author who writes about race, gender, and poverty in publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Village Voice, The Nation, Vibe, and Essence.

Debra J. Dickerson is an award-winning essayist and author who writes about race, gender, and poverty in publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Village Voice, The Nation, Vibe, and Essence.

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Debra J. Dickerson Biography

Widely anthologized, her essay, "Who Shot Johnny?", was included in the 1997 edition of Best American Essays and is a staple of undergraduate Composition textbooks. "Digging Ditches," was a 1996 Best American Essays Notable Essay, and in 1999, she won the New York Association of Black Journalists' first place award for personal commentary.

A former Salon columnist and senior editor at US News and World Report, Dickerson offers frequent radio and television commentary in addition to maintaining a nationwide speaking schedule. Her memoir, An American Story, was published in September 2000 as Pantheon's lead title. It was a New York Times Notable Book and named the Books for a Better Life Best Memoir for 2000. While serving twelve years in the United States Air Force, Dickerson earned a bachelor degree from the University of Maryland and a master degree from St. Mary's University. She earned a JD from Harvard Law School in 1995 and is a former Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Dickerson recently published her second and most recent book, The End of Blackness. She is at work on her third book, Born Again Blackness: Reinventing Black Male Nobility. It will argue for a humanistic, depoliticized and de-raced recapitulation of the black male worldview and sense of self.

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