Creative Nonfiction Writer | Black Literature Scholar | McKnight Doctoral Fellow | Graduate Instructor
About:
Jade Jemison is currently attending Florida State University where she studies Creative Nonfiction Writing and Contemporary African American Narratives.
She is a McKnight Doctoral Fellow and teaches as a Graduate Instructor.
Her work captures motherhood, reproductive health, cultural expectations of Black women, womanhood, her childhood in the religious Midwest, and the foster care system.
She’s interested in how the representation of Mother-Daughter relationships in Black literature impacts society and child-rearing, along with the complexities of Soulaan literature.
Jade received her bachelors from the University of Central Florida and her MFA from The University of South Florida.
She’s a mother of two small children and lives with her partner in Tallahassee, Florida.
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction | Contemporary Literature | Soulaan Literature | Cultural Commentary |
Interests:
Thesis: Creative Nonfiction: The Pregnancy Years – a memoir surrounding motherhood, reproductive health, loss, and healing spanning over 8 years. [Thesis Director Julia Koets, PhD]
Fiction and Literature: Modern Black women in literature and Black Narratives.
- The impact and representation of motherhood and Mother/Daughter relationships in Black literature
- The oppression of Black daughters through societal and familial expectations
- The societal expectations of Black women and daughters, and the impact of novels on the Black community
Current Project:
I’m currently working on a memoir-in-essays about motherhood, daughterhood, and reproductive health.
I’m also creating a digital archive focused on women in Black literature.
Coming Soon!
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