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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: 5.00 | 3 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 5.00 — 2 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)

1 chapters — updated 08/03/2007 12:41PM

description: Each poem is a 50-word microfiction.

Walter is currently reading

	07/06 Walter gave to: Ghostbox: A memoir (Paperback) by Walter R. Jacobs (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, memoir	my rating:
	recommended for: everyone read in July, 2007 add a comment

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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
March 09
	Walter gave to: The Book of Other People (Paperback) by Zadie Smith bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
	read in February, 2008 add a comment
	Walter gave to: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (Harvest American Writing Series) by Randall Kenan (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
	read in April, 2008 add a comment
February 11
	Walter read and liked Brian's review of What We Should Have Known: Two Discussions (Research Branch Pamphlet No.2): "What a good idea for a book: two groups of smart thirtysomething writers gather, in person, to talk candidly about books they wish they had and hadn't read as teenagers and college students. (This pam" ...read more »
	Walter gave to: What We Should Have Known: Two Discussions (Research Branch Pamphlet No.2) by n+1 bookshelves: academic	my rating:
	read in February, 2008 Walter said: "I was excited to read transcripts of people sitting around talking about books they should have read in college, but they ended up mostly reproducing the Canon. Great idea; only an OK implementation. A more diverse cast of participants (all but one...more " see all 1 comments
February 09
	Walter gave to: A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Paperback) by Flannery O'Connor bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
	read in January, 1990 add a comment
	Walter gave to: Everything That Rises Must Converge (Paperback) by Flannery O'Connor bookshelves: short-stories	my rating:
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February 04
	Walter gave to: The Afterlife: A Memoir (Paperback) by Donald Antrim bookshelves: memoir	my rating:
	read in February, 2008 add a comment
January 16
	Walter gave to: Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic (Paperback) by Mark Antho Neal bookshelves: academic	my rating:
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	Walter joined the CAT Society group.

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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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