David Bradley

WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:

That Ain’t Jazz, an essay, in Spring 2009

David Bradley was born in western Pennsylvania and was shaped by rural life there, as well as by his father, a church historian and preacher. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Bradley earned an MA from the University of London, where he established an abiding interest in American history. The author of two novels, South Street and The Chaneysville Incident, awarded the 1982 PEN/ Faulkner, Bradley is recognized as a major voice in African-American fiction. He is an associate professor of fiction at the University of Oregon.