Research Interests
African-American Literature, Contemporary American Literature, Fiction
Education
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Awards and Honors
LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2021)
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the New York Public Library (2021-22)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, English
Professor, Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Honors & Awards
LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2021)
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the New York Public Library (2021-22)
Highlighted Publications
Wright, D. (2022). Black Cloud Rising: A Novel. Grove Atlantic.
Wright, D., & Bouchard, L. (2016). Away Running. Orca Book Publishers.
Wright, D. (2020). "The Sand Banks, 1861". The New Yorker.
Recent Publications
Wright Faladé, D. (2025). The New Internationals: A Novel. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Wright Faladé, D. (2023). Sunny. In B. A. Kaplan (Ed.), Critical Memory Studies: New Approaches Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350233164.ch-25
Wright, D. (2022). Black Cloud Rising: A Novel. Grove Atlantic.
Wright, D. (2020). "The Sand Banks, 1861". The New Yorker.
Wright, D., & Bouchard, L. (2016). Away Running. Orca Book Publishers.