Background
McKnight, Reginald was born on February 26, 1956 in FürstenFeldbrück, Germany. Son of Frank and Pearl McKnight.
( In this prize-winning author's most ambitious book to d...)
In this prize-winning author's most ambitious book to date, an African-American anthropologist trying to "find himself" in Senegal instead finds himself caught in a surreal web of deception and betrayal Bertrand, a young African-American anthropologist, has ostensibly come to Senegal to do field research. But in truth, he left his home in Denver to gain a fresh perspective on his troubled marriage. Struggling to fit in with his new Senegalese family -- Alaine, his wife Kene, and their young daughter -- Bertrand finds himself, for the first time in his life, haunted by surreal and increasingly violent dreams. His waking hours are no less sinister; unwittingly, it seems, Bertrand has become caught in the tension -- sexual and otherwise -- building between the married couple. His relations with the rest of the village community are also strained; he can't escape the sensation that he's being set up for a grand-scale betrayal. As his sense of isolation and alienation escalates, he comes to believe that not only his fragile sense of identity -- but his very life -- is at stake. A riveting tour de force, He Sleeps confirms Reginald McKnight's status as a writer of vivid imagination and exceptional talent.
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(The tale of a young African-American man's desultory ques...)
The tale of a young African-American man's desultory quest for his own identity while living amidst the mysteries of modern-day Senegal. Battling a malarial fever, Evan Norris is taken in by the family of a powerful Marabou and finds himself absorbed in a world that is both ancient and modern.
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(This collection of short stories, by award-winning author...)
This collection of short stories, by award-winning author Reginald McKnight, explores the rich and complex experience of the African American middle class, from a small southern classroom to a mythical Africa to suburban streets.
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McKnight, Reginald was born on February 26, 1956 in FürstenFeldbrück, Germany. Son of Frank and Pearl McKnight.
Associate of Arts in Anthropology, Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1978. Bachelor in African Studies, Colorado College, 1981. Doctorate, Colorado College, 1991.
Master of Arts in English, University Denver, 1987.
Reginald McKnight is an American short story author and novelist. He earned degrees from Pikes Peak Community College (Associate of Arts), Colorado College (Bachelor) and University of Denver (Master of Arts). He is also Phi Beta Kappa and received an honorary doctorate from Colorado College.
He also taught at the University of Pittsburgh, but left when he learned that other faculty told racist jokes about blacks when he wasn"t in their presence.
As of 2002, he is the Hamilton Holmes Professor of English at the University of Georgia in Athens. He was also the first person to hold that position.
McKnight has had two extended stays in Africa, teaching English in Dakar, Senegal from 1981 to 1982, and another in 1985 as part of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. He says that "he didn"t truly consider himself a writer until he went to Africa", partly because that he was writing intensely for several hours a day while he was there, and also because, as he states, "when I left that place I had done something to myself in a really profound way--imprinted myself with the written word in ways that I hadn"t prior to that".
( In this prize-winning author's most ambitious book to d...)
(This collection of short stories, by award-winning author...)
(The tale of a young African-American man's desultory ques...)
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American.
Married Julie Scott, November 29, 1999. Children: Rachael, Moriah, Eve.