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Anthony Walton will build off his recent book The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Country. The book argues that American blacks are entering a new phase in the struggle against white supremacy. Standing firmly in the African American tradition, Walton believes in the possibility of reconciliation with those whites who desire it, offering a hand of friendship and pragmatic ideas for paths forward.

Biography

Anthony Walton is an acclaimed poet and essayist, as well as the editor and author of several books, including Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, which he co-wrote with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Mississippi: An American Journey. When he visits Â黨ÊÓƵ, Walton will build off the ideas in his latest book, The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation.

In addition, Walton’s poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Oxford American magazine.

Walton is a professor and writer-in-residence at Bowdoin College where his research interests include modern and contemporary poetry; postcolonial literature and theory; African American literature; Irish literature; and Ralph Ellison. He holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Suggested Reading

Walton, Anthony. The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation. Godine, 2024.