Name Margo Jefferson | Role Critic | |
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Born Margo Lillian Jefferson
October 17, 1947 (age 76)
United States ( 1947-10-17 ) Occupation Theatre critic, writer, journalist, professor Genre Memoir, theatre criticism, non-fiction, journalism Books Negroland: A Memoir, On Michael Jackson, Roots of Time: a Portrait of African Life and Culture Education Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1971), Brandeis University Awards Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Similar People Elliott Skinner, George II of Great Britain, Michael Jackson | ||
Margo jefferson in conversation with professor karen hunter negroland a memoir
Margo Lillian Jefferson born October 17, 1947 is a former theatre critic at The New York Times and a professor at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.
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- Margo jefferson in conversation with professor karen hunter negroland a memoir
- One to one margo jefferson negroland a memoir
- Biography
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One to one margo jefferson negroland a memoir
Biography
Jefferson received her Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, where she graduated cum laude, and her M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She became an associate editor at Newsweek in 1973 and stayed at the magazine until 1978. She then served as an assistant professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at New York University from 1979 to 1983 and from 1989 to 1991. Since then she has taught at the Columbia University School of the Arts, where she is now Professor of Professional Practice in Writing. She joined the Times in 1993, initially as a book reviewer, then went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
Publishers Weekly called her 2006 book, On Michael Jackson, a "slim, smart volume of cultural analysis." Jefferson appeared in Ken Burns's Jazz as jazz is a subject that interests her. She is also working on two books concerning race and culture in America.
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