Emily Raboteau
Emily Raboteau | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Language | English |
| Education | Yale University New York University (MFA) |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Notable works | The Professor's Daughter, Searching for Zion |
| Spouse | Victor LaValle |
Emily Raboteau (born 1976) is an American fiction writer and essayist. She is professor of creative writing at the City College of New York.
Early life and education
Emily Raboteau was born in 1976,[1] the daughter of Princeton University professor Albert J. Raboteau. She grew up in New Jersey.[2][3]
She received an undergraduate degree at Yale University and an MFA from New York University.[4][5] She teaches at City College of New York.[6]
Career
Raboteau's writing has been published in The Guardian, The New York Times,[7] New York Review of Books,[8] Oxford American, The Believer, Guernica, The Best American Short Stories,[9] The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Best American Mystery and Suspense, and The Best African American Essays.
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]
She is professor of creative writing at the City College of New York.
Recognition and awards
Raboteau 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][12]
Personal life
Raboteau married novelist Victor LaValle.[13] They have two children.[14]
Works
- "The Professor's Daughter". Macmillan Publishers. July 20, 2021.
- Searching for Zion,
- "Lessons for Survival". Macmillan Publishers. July 20, 2021..[15][16]
References
- ^ Sari, Botton (April 17, 2024). "This is 47: Author and Climate Writer Emily Raboteau Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire". Oldster.
- ^ "Father Daughter Conversation with Emily Raboteau and Albert Raboteau".
- ^ Raboteau, Emily (August 31, 2016). "New York Playgrounds I Have Known". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau Wins the International Flash Fiction Competition". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. November 16, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". www.arts.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". The City College of New York. August 2, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Emily Raboteau". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ a b "The Structure of Bubbles". Retrieved April 24, 2009.
- ^ "Macmillan Books: Author: Emily Raboteau, Macmillan :: Augusten Burroughs". Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ "CCNY Professor Wins 2014 American Book Award". The City College of New York. September 3, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ "NEA Writers' Corner". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
- ^ Scelfo, Julie (April 7, 2010). "A Writer Gets a Home Office of Her Own". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ Raboteau, Emily (December 28, 2016). "The Rumpus Interview With Emily Raboteau". The Rumpus (Interview). Interviewed by Gina Prescott. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "'Lessons for Survival' reflects on motherhood, racial justice and climate change". Boise State Public Radio. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Miles, Tiya (March 12, 2024). "How to Parent in a World Under Siege?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 24, 2024.