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Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

When in doubt go to the library and stuff any of these fascinating literary works in your book bag, writes Neil Pate

Jefferson’s “Constructing a Nervous System,” a companion to her earlier “Negroland,” explores the materials used to make identity and art.

In its 10th anniversary, the free book fest moves to one day in May in and around the...