Author Margo Jefferson turns the lens on herself in new memoir

“Constructing A Nervous System” is a memoir and cultural criticism all wrapped into one.

Constructing a Nervous System
Penguin Random House LLC
Constructing a Nervous System
Penguin Random House LLC

Author Margo Jefferson turns the lens on herself in new memoir

“Constructing A Nervous System” is a memoir and cultural criticism all wrapped into one.

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Margo Jefferson is a prolific critic and writer who has been lauded as one of the most nuanced thinkers on race, class and feminism working today. She released her first memoir, Negroland, in 2015 and is out with another one this year.

Reset talks to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author about her new book.

GUEST: Margo Jefferson, author of Constructing A Nervous System