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Jesse McCarthy is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor at Harvard University, holding appointments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of English. He is also Director of Undergraduate Studies and will be on leave during Fall 2025.
- Ph.D., M.A. in English, Princeton University
- B.A. in English, Amherst College
His research spans African American literature, postwar literary history, modernism, and Black studies, with a focus on aesthetics, the essay form, and transatlantic literary dialogues. He has published in journals like Modern Philology and New Literary History, and his recent book The Blue Period (2024) examines Black writing during the Cold War, shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.
Scientific awards include:
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (Finalist, 2024)
- Whiting Award for Nonfiction (2022)
He co-founded the Shakespeare and Company Project at Princeton, edits Public Books’ Literary Fiction section, and contributes to outlets like The Nation, The New York Review of Books, and The Guardian. His creative work includes the novel The Fugitivities (2021).
