"Negroland" author Margo Jefferson reflects on the trajectory of the King of Pop, taking on Jackson's brilliant, aspirational, erratic and sinister facets to produce a well-rounded portrayal. Jefferson is the winner of a Pulitzer Prize...

The daughter of a successful paediatrician and a fashionable socialite, Margo Jefferson spent her childhood among Chicago's black elite. She calls this society 'Negroland': 'a small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered...

Constructing a Nervous System von Jefferson, Margo

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardWinner of the Heartland PrizeA New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Time Out New York,...

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From "one of our most nuanced thinkers on the intersections of race, class, and feminism" (Cathy Park Hong, New York Times bestselling author of Minor Feelings) comes a memoir "as electric as the...

In On Michael Jackson-an at once passionate, incisive, and bracing work of cultural analysis-Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for The New York Times Margo Jefferson brilliantly unravels the complexities of one of the most enigmatic figures...

Constructing a Nervous System von Jefferson, Margo

"Negroland: A Memoir" von Margo Jefferson ist eine autobiografische Erkundung der privilegierten schwarzen Gesellschaftsschicht, in der die Autorin aufgewachsen ist. Jefferson beschreibt ihre Kindheit und Jugend in Chicago während der...

Wir alle kennen ihn - aber wer ist Michael Jackson? In ihrem eleganten Essay nähert sich Margo Jefferson der spannendsten und widersprüchlichsten Figur der Popkultur, einem Star, den Hits wie Billie Jean und Thriller unsterblich machten....