Catherine Prendergast is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar. Interviewed by NPR and New York magazine, she has written about battles over school desegregation, anxieties concerning the global spread of English, and the recognition of disability rights. Dr. Prendergast's previous (scholarly) books include Buying into English and Literary and Racial Justice. The Gilded Edge is her first work of narrative nonfiction. Originally from New Jersey, she now lives in central Illinois with her husband and son.
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