[New post] “We’re All Still Cooking…Still Raw at the Core”: An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson

Adam Morgan posted: "Adam Morgan | Longreads | September 2019 | 9 minutes (2,283 words) In 2016's National Book Award–nominated Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson infused her writing with a sense of place I could feel in my bones. From the "heat rising from cement" in Bush" New post on Longreads "We're All Still Cooking…Still Raw at the Core": An Interview with Jacqueline Woodson by Adam Morgan Adam Morgan | Longreads | September 2019 | 9 minutes (2,283 words) In 2016's National Book Award–nominated Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson infused her writing with a sense of place I could feel in my bones. From the "heat rising from cement" in Bushwick to the brownstones of Park Slope, Woodson has an uncanny eye for detail, right down to the "fine lanugo hair still clinging to the nape" of a teenager's neck. In her new novel, Red at the Bone, Woodson returns to Brooklyn for another story that folds time as effortlessly as fabric. In the summer of 2001, a 16-year-old girl named Melody is introduced to society at a house party, to the tune of Prince's "Darling Nikki." She wears a resewn dress that was originally made for her mother's own coming-of-age reception, a dress that was never worn thanks to her mother's unexpected pregnancy. "Already, when it was time for her ceremony," Melody thinks, "I was on my way. Already, at nearly sixteen, her belly told a story a celebration never could." Read more of this post Adam Morgan | September 30, 2019 at 6:00 am | Tags: black history, black women, Books, fiction, Jacqueline Woodson, novel | Categories: Books, Fiction, History, Profiles & Interviews, Story | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-y47 Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2019/09/30/interview-with-jacqueline-woodson/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com