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"One of the smartest young writers of her generation." -- Book RiotFrom the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing -- a writer whom Roxane Gay has hailed as "a force to be reckoned with" -- comes this powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America.Between 1916 and 1970, six million black Americans left their rural homes in the South for jobs in cities in the North, West, and Midwest in a movement known as The Great Migration. But while this event transformed the complexion of America and provided black people with new economic opportunities, it also disconnected them from their roots, their land, and their sense of identity, argues Morgan Jerkins.
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Hi, everyone!My name is Morgan Jerkins and I'm a New Jersey native who's currently based in New York. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University and an MFA in Writing and Literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars. My work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Lenny Letter, ELLE, BuzzFeed, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, among many others. My debut essay collection (!) THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING is forthcoming in January 2018 from Harper Perennial. Follow me @MorganJerkinsFun things about me- I speak six languages (English, Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.) - I have four older sisters.- I am a HUGE dog lover.- I will never get tired of your Game of Thrones theories.
