Emily Raboteau Explained

Emily Raboteau
Language:English
Citizenship:American
Education:Yale University
New York University (MFA)
Notableworks:The Professor's Daughter, Searching for Zion
Spouse:Victor LaValle
Years Active:2005–present

Emily Raboteau is an American fiction writer, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the City College of New York.

Early life

Raboteau grew up in New Jersey, the daughter of Princeton University professor Albert J. Raboteau.[1] [2] She received an undergraduate degree at Yale University and an MFA from New York University.[3]

Career

Raboteau graduated from New York University.[4] She teaches at City College of New York.[5]

Her writing has been published in The Guardian, The New York Times,[6] New York Review of Books,[7] Oxford American, The Believer, Guernica, The Best American Short Stories,[8] The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Best American Mystery Stories and The Best African American Essays.

She has received the Pushcart Prize, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[9]

Her first novel The Professor's Daughter was published in 2005.[10] Her second book, Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora, a work of creative nonfiction, was published in 2013 and won a 2014 American Book Award.[11]

Personal life

Raboteau is married to novelist Victor LaValle and lives in New York City.[12] They have two children.[13]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Father Daughter Conversation with Emily Raboteau and Albert Raboteau.
  2. Web site: New York Playgrounds I Have Known . Emily . Raboteau . . 31 August 2016 . 7 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Emily Raboteau Wins the International Flash Fiction Competition . . 16 November 2015 . 7 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Emily Raboteau . 2024-04-24 . www.arts.gov . en.
  5. Web site: August 2, 2015 . Emily Raboteau . 2024-04-24 . The City College of New York . en-us.
  6. Web site: Emily Raboteau - The New York Times . 2024-04-24 . www.nytimes.com . en.
  7. Web site: Emily Raboteau . 2024-04-24 . The New York Review of Books . en.
  8. News: The Structure of Bubbles. 2009-04-24.
  9. News: NEA Writers' Corner. 2009-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20090413051022/http://www.nea.gov/features/writers/writersCMS/writer.php?id=06_15. 2009-04-13. dead.
  10. Web site: Macmillan Books: Author: Emily Raboteau, Macmillan :: Augusten Burroughs . 2009-05-24.
  11. Web site: 2014-09-03 . CCNY Professor Wins 2014 American Book Award . 2023-07-16 . The City College of New York . en-us.
  12. News: Scelfo . Julie . A Writer Gets a Home Office of Her Own . . 2010-04-07 . 2012-09-01.
  13. The Rumpus Interview With Emily Raboteau . Emily . Raboteau . Gina Prescott . The Rumpus . 28 December 2016 . 7 May 2017.
  14. Web site: 2024-04-19 . 'Lessons for Survival' reflects on motherhood, racial justice and climate change . 2024-04-24 . Boise State Public Radio . en.
  15. News: Miles . Tiya . 2024-03-12 . How to Parent in a World Under Siege? . 2024-04-24 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.

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