The book ‘Negroland’ explores the life of the Black aristocracy. Pulitzer Prize winning critic Margo Jefferson’s memoir “Negroland” opens the door into the exclusive world of the Black elite – a world ...

In her memoir, Negroland, Margo Jefferson describes growing up black and affluent in 1950s Chicago. Jefferson tells Fresh Air it was a world of... Privilege And Pressure: A Memoir Of Growing Up Black ...

Pulitzer Prize winning cultural critic Margo Jefferson calls the region she's from, 'Negroland.' She describes it as a 'small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered by a certain amount ...

CHICAGO — Margo Jefferson, who has worked a half-century as one of the more formidable and composed critics of American culture, watched the city unwind from the back seat of an SUV. We moved slowly ...

If you’ve ever wondered about the nature of human identity, aesthetic beauty or the world’s sounds, we’ve got some books for you, from thought-provoking crime novels to imaginative memoirs by Margo ...

Jefferson’s “Constructing a Nervous System,” a companion to her earlier “Negroland,” explores the materials used to make identity and art. By Molly Young When you purchase an independently reviewed ...

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Constructing a Nervous System, by Margo Jefferson (Pantheon). In this follow-up to “Negroland,” Jefferson merges memoir and criticism. Drawing on material as disparate as Henry James, “The Wire,” ...

Don't let the title of Margo Jefferson's new book, Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, fool you. By "nervous system," the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic has in mind not just the brute facts of ...

Margo Jefferson, who has worked a half-century as one of the more formidable and composed critics of American culture, watched the city unwind from the back seat of an SUV. We moved slowly through ...