Margo Jefferson

22 Podcast Episodes

Biden's Debt Deal: Harold Meyerson; The Oklahoma City Bombing: Jeffrey Toobin; Margo Jefferson's Memoir

Biden's Debt Deal: Harold Meyerson; The Oklahoma City Bombing: Jeffrey Toobin; Margo Jefferson's Memoir

Biden's debt limit deal has left progressives unhappy--Harold Meyerson says it's the best we could have expected under t... Read more

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 Special with Margo Jefferson, Michelle de Kretser & Victoria Adukwei Bulley

The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 Special with Margo Jefferson, Michelle de Kretser & Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Welcome Bookends to a very exciting bonus episode in collaboration with The Rathbones Folio Prize 2023, we were joined b... Read more

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How to Construct a Nervous System: Margo Jefferson on Ella Fitzergerald, Josephine Baker and the Refraction of her Life through Memoir Writing

How to Construct a Nervous System: Margo Jefferson on Ella Fitzergerald, Josephine Baker and the Refraction of her Life through Memoir Writing

EPISODE 1432: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM, Margo Jefferson, about ... Read more

“Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson

“Constructing a Nervous System” by Margo Jefferson

Combining cultural examination and autobiography, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Margo Jefferson’s new book pursues many ... Read more

15 Feb 2023

9mins

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Margo Jefferson: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic, on Ella Fitzgerald

Margo Jefferson: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic, on Ella Fitzgerald

The former New York Times critic, and author of the recent memoir Constructing a Nervous System, talks about the genius ... Read more

13 Oct 2022

23mins

Margo Jefferson & Colin Grant: Constructing a Nervous System

Margo Jefferson & Colin Grant: Constructing a Nervous System

Margo Jefferson talks to Colin Grant about her latest book, Constructing a Nervous System. It’s a memoir unlike any othe... Read more

27 Jul 2022

1hr 3mins

Margo Jefferson: We Must ‘Go On’

Margo Jefferson: We Must ‘Go On’

Today, we sit with author and cultural critic Margo Jefferson. We begin with her new book, Constructing a Nervous System... Read more

26 Jun 2022

1hr 11mins

Margo Jefferson on her musical icons, the Black elite, and the power of self-creation

Margo Jefferson on her musical icons, the Black elite, and the power of self-creation

Margo Jefferson's 2015 memoir, Negroland, chronicled her experiences growing up as part of Chicago's Black bourgeoisie i... Read more

26 Jun 2022

1hr 2mins

Margo Jefferson

Margo Jefferson

Margo Jefferson joins us to discuss Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir (Pantheon, April 12), “a dynamic, unflinchin... Read more

10 May 2022

42mins

On imagining what hasn’t, can’t and won’t imagine you, with Margo Jefferson

On imagining what hasn’t, can’t and won’t imagine you, with Margo Jefferson

Despite being a lauded writer and critic, despite being the winner of a Pulitzer Prize even, Margo Jefferson innovates a... Read more

27 Apr 2022

51mins

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