A Moving Target (w/ Margo Jefferson)

Cultural critic Margo Jefferson deconstructs her nervous system…
or at least explains to Roxane how the culture, not just family,
has made her who she is. She talks about her new memoir, which
situates cultural criticism alongside personal memories. Also,
Roxane reflects on what memoirists reveal, and don’t reveal, to
their readers.


Mentions:


     C.J. Hauser’s essay “The Crane
Wife”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/


     C.J. Hauser’s memoir “The Crane
Wife”
https://bookshop.org/books/the-crane-wife-a-memoir-in-essays/9780385547079


     Margo Jefferson’s “Negroland”
https://bookshop.org/books/negroland-a-memoir/9780307473431


     Margo Jefferson’s “Constructing a
Nervous System”
https://bookshop.org/books/constructing-a-nervous-system-a-memoir/9781524748173


 


Credits: Curtis Fox is the producer. Our researcher is Yessenia
Moreno. Production help from Kaitlyn Adams and Meg Pillow. Theme
music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.


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