A review by stevenyenzer
Negroland by Margo Jefferson

2.0

This book was such a disappointment. Jefferson's prose is self-indulgent and verbose in the style of most academic writing (and I realize my own bias here). She seems determined to augment every adjective with two more for a nice symmetrical, rhythmic, irritating reading experience. Her descriptions of her childhood were interesting, and I was interested in what she had to say, but the way she said it was so purposefully arch that I could barely finish.