Ketanji Brown Jackson has written a book. Her first offering is a memoir titled: Lovely One.
According to AP:
Jackson, 53, is using the book, publisher Random House says, to trace her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court in the span of one generation. “It is the story of the promise of America,” she said in a television interview that aired Sunday.
She also is the first public defender to serve as a justice and she delves into advancing in the legal profession as a woman of color and a mother balancing a demanding career and family life.
It seems oddly appropriate for AP to employ clunky prose and use “woman” twice when writing about Jackson’s memoir. Confirmed in 2022, Jackson is the most junior member of the Supreme Court. She embarrassed herself during her confirmation hearing when she couldn’t…
