Chapter Break with Catherine Jagoe

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/