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Jesse McCarthy is an American essayist, cultural critic, and assistant professor in English and African-American studies at Harvard University.[1]
McCarthy has published on topics including the representation of women in the civil rights movement in film.[2]
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?”[3]
His debut novel, The Fugitivities, was released June 2021.[4] [5] 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.[5] He cites Gustave Flaubert's Sentimental Education as an important source of inspiration.[5]
McCarthy was recipient of a literary Whiting Award 2022 ($50,000) in the category non-fiction for his essay collection Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? granted by the Whiting Foundation in Brooklyn, New York City.[6]