Midwest Writers Room
Podcast from the Wisconsin Writers Association. We discuss all things writerly, with an emphasis on the unique flavor of works that originate in the Midwest.
Midwest Writers Room
Chapter Break with Catherine Jagoe
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BIO:
Catherine is a writer and translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. She has published ten books and four chapbooks across genres—poetry, criticism, fiction and poetry in translation, and most recently a memoir. Her poetry has aired on National Public Radio’s The Writer’s Almanac and To the Best of Our Knowledge, while her essays have won a Pushcart Prize and a Notable listing in Best American Essays. She is a contributor to Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Life audio essay series.
SYNOPSIS:
UNBELONGING is a memoir in essays about Jagoe’s struggle to define home as a bilingual woman with three nationalities and divided allegiances. Her book spans a childhood of international moves, a career as a linguist, migration to the U.S., decades of traveling back and forth to Spain and England, and reckoning with the colonial legacy of her parents and grandparents. UNBELONGING tells the story of a woman who leaves behind her family and country of origin and longs throughout her life to feel at home in place, in language, and in her body.
LINKS:
https://www.catherinejagoe.com/
