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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

FromKeen On


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

FromKeen On

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

EPISODE 1432: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM, Margo Jefferson, about Ella Fitzergerald, Cabinet Making, Josephine Baker and the Refraction of her Life through Art

The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, MARGO JEFFERSON previously served as book and arts critic for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her writing has appeared in, among other publications, Vogue, New York Magazine, The Nation, and Guernica. Her memoir, Negroland, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She is also the author of On Michael Jackson and is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. Her latest book is Constructing a Nervous System (2022)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The daily show about books, writers, and big ideas. Hosted by Andrew Keen.