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Walter R. Jacobs

author profile

born

May 14, 1968

gender

male

place of birth

United States

website

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/wrjacobs/planetwalt/

genre

Professional & Technical, Biographies & Memoirs

influences

Ralph Ellison, Colson Whitehead, Avery Gordon, Lan Samantha Chang, Flannery O'Connor

about this author

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Professor of African American Studies at the University of Minnesota

books by Walter R. Jacobs

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avg rating: 4.50 | 4 ratings | 3 distinct works

	If Classrooms Matter: Progressive Visions of Educational Environments (Paperback) by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Walter R. Jacobs avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Ghostbox: A memoir (Paperback) by Walter R. Jacobs (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Speaking The Lower Frequencies: Students And Media Literacy (Hardcover) by Walter R. Jacobs (goodreads author!) avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2005 2 editions	my rating:

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Walter's writing

Jimmy's Corner Store (Poetry)

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description: Each poem is a 50-word microfiction.

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	07/23 Walter is currently reading: Flowers for Algernon (Paperback) by Daniel Keyes bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 23
	Walter is currently reading: Flowers for Algernon (Paperback) by Daniel Keyes bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 07
	Walter read and liked Roopsi's review of Unaccustomed Earth: "I have had a long, complicated relationship with Jhumpa Lahiri's work. In an early encounter, Interpreter of Maladies was put on a syllabus (note the passive voice) for an AP English Literature course I was teaching. I had moved to a new scho...more " see all 14 comments
	Walter gave to: Unaccustomed Earth (Hardcover) by Jhumpa Lahiri bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
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July 04
	Walter gave to: Dog Years: A Memoir (P.S.) by Mark Doty bookshelves: memoir	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Walter said: "A very poetic book with thought-provoking assertions (e.g., "sentimentality is a mask for anger" (p. 34)), but ultimately reading stories about human-animal relationships becomes a chore for one with no animals in his life and no desire to ...more " add a comment
June 29
	Walter gave to: Polite Lies: On Being a Woman Caught Between Cultures (Paperback) by Kyoko Mori bookshelves: memoir	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Walter said: "Books by and/or about "border crossers" usually examine both positive and negative aspects of a liminal existence...well, at least the ones that I have enjoyed have done this. This book, on the other hand, is an extended rant about the aut...more " add a comment
June 23
	Walter marked as to-read: Straight Man: A Novel (Paperback) by Richard Russo bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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June 06
	Walter gave to: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover) by Junot Díaz bookshelves: fiction	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Walter said: "I wanted a bit more time devoted to Oscar and a bit less time spent on the other characters, but overall the book is a fun and fast read! " add a comment
July 23
	Walter gave to: The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 (Paperback) by Laura Furman bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
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July 06
	Walter gave to: The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative (Paperback) by Vivian Gornick bookshelves: other	my rating:
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April 28
	Walter gave to: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling bookshelves: fiction	my rating:
	read in July, 2007 Walter said: "A very satisfying end to the series.... " add a comment

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from Poet-I-Am

08/13/2007 09:09PM

Greetings author Walter R. Jacobs. Thank you for signing me on as a friend. Your titles look very interesting and I hope to spend time delving into them. Peace,

Aberjhani

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