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BETH KEPHART on Margo Jefferson
In her 2015 memoir, Jefferson chooses to write toward the cultural history she was born into—“upper-crust black Chicago,” as the flap copy puts it. from Negroland (Pantheon Books, 2015) As the book begins, Jefferson is taking it slow—easing in with r
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What’s The Best Piece Of Advice You’ve Received About Writing About Trauma?
“Step away when it becomes overwhelming. I know it may sound counterintuitive, but getting up, taking a walk, and ignoring the writing can sometimes help. Then, when you find yourself alone and capable of thinking without interruption (I prefer the s
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Battling the Book
I have just finished writing a book that tells the story of the evolution of creative nonfiction, as I saw it and lived it. And now, as I write this in late July, a couple of weeks after sending the manuscript off to my publisher, I am beginning to f

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