Morgan Jerkins

Morgan Jerkins: A Multilingual Traveler’s Perspective When Morgan Jerkins travels, she aims to connect with people on a personal level. This commitment to understanding cultures is evident in her proficiency in six languages. Jerkins, fluent in Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English, is a prominent Black female traveler featured in this week’s episode of…

Morgan Jerkins shares how travel shaped her latest novel, “”Wandering in Strange Lands.” Photo: Courtesy of Morgan Jerkins In Morgan Jerkins’ new novel, “Wandering in Strange Lands” (Harper Collins, 2020), she takes readers along as she retraces her family’s migration from the South to their eventual home in New Jersey. The book opens with Jerkins…