Negroland by Margo Jefferson [in Library Journal]
16 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost
*STARRED REVIEW "I was taught to avoid showing off," Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Margo Jefferson (writing, Columbia University; On Michael Jackson) begins. "But isn't all memoir a form of showing off?" That hesitation permeates throughout, the restraint perfectly mimicked in Robin Miles's elegant recitation. This work is a...