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Jervey Tervalon

Jervey Tervalon was born in New Orleans and raised in Los Angeles, and got his MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He is the author of six books including Understanding This, for which he won the Quality Paper Book Club’s New Voices Award. Currently he is the Executive Director of “Literature for Life,” an educational advocacy organization, and Creative Director of The Pasadena LitFest. His latest novel is Monster’s Chef.

Articles

What You Know Good
Jervey TervalonApr 2, 2022
Chester, the Filmmaker
Jervey TervalonMar 26, 2022
Life Lessons for a Young Writer
Jervey TervalonMar 19, 2022
New Pants
Jervey TervalonMar 12, 2022
A Good Man with a Very Wet Brain
Jervey TervalonMar 5, 2022
Mama Passed but Nobody Died as Far as I Know
Jervey TervalonFeb 26, 2022
How We Became Faux Cocaine Cowboys Without Really Trying
Jervey TervalonFeb 19, 2022
The Cocaine Chronicles
Jervey TervalonFeb 12, 2022
Cocaine on the Brain
Jervey TervalonFeb 5, 2022
The Unbearable Whiteness of the University
Jervey TervalonJan 29, 2022
The Singular Power of the Well-Placed Love Letter
Jervey TervalonJan 22, 2022
An Eye for Talent
Jervey TervalonJan 15, 2022
The Happiest Summer Camp on Earth (If You're a Writer)
Jervey TervalonJan 8, 2022
The Romance of Chess
Jervey TervalonJan 1, 2022
For All Those Hustlers Who Write (Talking About You, Donnell Alexander)
Jervey TervalonDec 25, 2021
The Lady in Mauve
Jervey TervalonDec 18, 2021