Jacki Lyden

Jacki Lyden was an award-winning correspondent and host for NPR for 35 years on such shows as Morning Edition & All Things Considered.  The author of a bestselling memoir, Daughter of the Queen of Sheba, Lyden founded The Seams in 2014.  Her series, “Seminole People of the Cloth: A Patchwork History,” debuted on NPR on Nov. 28 with a story about Florida State football called  “Osceola at the 50 Yard Line.”


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From Fifth Avenue to Jamaica Avenue: Jacki Lyden Interviews Cintra Wilson

This is the latest installment of Public Streets, a biweekly urban observations series curated by Ellis Avery. Fashion is a multi-billion dollar global industry: New York Fashion Week alone is a $900 million enterprise, bigger than the US Open, Super Bowl, or NYC Marathon. It’s not surprising, therefore, that most fashion writers toe the line of the […]