Article: Journey to the Self: Margaret Meyers' Voyage From the Congo River to Washington.(author of "Swimming in the Congo")

Jill Rendelstein is a freelance author based in Washington, D.C.

Holding the door open just a crack, I can barely see Margaret Meyers, critically acclaimed author of Swimming in the Congo, but I do hear her high-pitched, angelic voice telling me, "It's stuck. The hinges are broken; can you slide through?" I do so, and I'm silently shocked by the size of her basement studio. "It's a transition apartment," she says, noticing my glance around the tiny, dark room with only a bed, short sofa, and half a kitchenette. "My lease ran out, and I wasn't sure how much longer I wanted to stay in D.C. It suits me just fine, though. I virtually need to be underground because I ...

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