Nathan McCall

Nathan McCall

Nathan McCall A true leader in journalism. His love of writing inspired him to pursue a career in media, and in 1981, he graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Norfolk State University. Many accolades and prizes have been given to McCall's novels. For example, Makes Me Wanna Holler was a New York Times bestseller and the 1995 Blackboard Book of the Year. They were listed as one of Publishers Weekly's top novels of 2007 and peaked at number one on the Essence magazine bestseller list. The book was also a finalist for the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction, a nominee for the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, and a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction. As a reporter in Norfolk, Virginia, for The Virginian-Pilot Ledger-Star. Prior to gaining a position at The Washington Post in 1989, he had worked at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. McCall's autobiography, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, which detailed his transition from a disturbed child to a famous journalist, was released in 1994. What's Going about, a collection of articles about racial relations, was published in 1997. Them, his debut book, was published in 2007. McCall is a writer and a senior lecturer at Emory University's African American Studies Department in Atlanta, Georgia.