Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson Paperback Book

Description: Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and acclaimed author of Negroland boldly and brilliantly fuses cultural analysis and memoir to probe race, class, family and art. Publisher Description FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLANDShortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize for Non-Fiction 2023This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read - Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce AttachmentsMargo Jefferson boldly and brilliantly fuses cultural analysis and memoir to probe race, class, family and art.Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black dancers and athletes - Harriet Beecher Stowes Topsy reimagined in the artworks of Kara Walker, white supremacy in the novels of Willa Cather, and more, this breathtakingly eloquent account is both a critique and a vindication of the constructed self.Margo Jeffersons Constructing a Nervous System is as electric as its title suggests. It takes vital risks, tosses away rungs of the ladder as it climbs, and offers an indispensable, rollicking account of the enchantments, pleasures, costs, and complexities of "imagin[ing] and interpret[ing] what had not imagined you - Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsIf you want to know who we are and where weve been, read Margo Jefferson - Edmund White, author of A Previous LifeThis is a moving portrait of the life of a brilliant African American womans mind. Margo Jefferson is so real, her sensibility so literary, her learning such a joy. The gifts of reading her are many - Darryl Pinckney, author of Sold and Gone Author Biography The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Margo Jefferson was a theatre and book critic for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her writing has appeared in, among other publications, Vogue, New York magazine and New Republic. She is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is the author of Negroland - shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award - and On Michael Jackson. Details ISBN 178378556X ISBN-13 9781783785568 Title Constructing a Nervous System Author Margo Jefferson Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 208 Publisher Granta Books GE_Item_ID:141613886; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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