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Anecdotes Anecdotes. Autobiographies. Autobiography bibliography Biographies. biography History.Jefferson, Margo
Summary: "Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFERSON, MARGO JEFAli-Khan, Sofia
Summary: "A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she's called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI-KHAN, SOFIA ALIHass, Kristin Ann
Summary: Monuments, museums, and everyday patriotic practices have made headlines for most of the twenty-first century, yet they are seldom look at together or understood explicitly as tools used by particular people in particular times and places to shape the culture in particular ways. Hass explore the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure: memorials in parks, museums visited by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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Summary: An anthology of previously uncollected essays, originally published in "The New Yorker," reflects the work of the eminent journalist's early career and traces his witness to the fledgling years of desegregation in Georgia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016