“Hopefully it’s a recognition that as a press we're doing a good job supporting writers and that we are fulfilling our mission.” “Having a book recognized on the long list was huge, and having Jerald's book recognized as a finalist is amazing,” Elias Rowley said. The book was recently named a nonfiction finalist for the National Book Awards, making Mad Creek Books – a trade name under which the university press publishes works – one of the only small presses on the shortlist. Elias Rowley’s enthusiasm turned out to be spot-on. Walker’s manuscript became How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, published by The Ohio State University Press imprint Mad Creek Books. “He's a fantastic writer doing wonderful things in the way that he blends really important conversations about what's happening in the world today but makes it accessible to a general audience.” “I almost knew before I read it that I wanted to publish it,” she said. She’s loved his writing ever since, so she was thrilled when he reached out about a current project. His second manuscript slipped through her fingers while she was vying for it in a previous position, outbid by another publisher that could provide Walker with a larger advance. The Ohio State University Press Editor-in-Chief Kristen Elias Rowley has wanted to publish Jerald Walker’s writing for years.
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