With sharp insight, humour and heart, Abdurraqib explores a sequence of iconic and intimate performances that take him from mid-century Paris to the moon - and back down again, to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. Inspired by these words, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a stirring meditation on Black performance in the modern age, in which culture, history and his own lived experience collide.
She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers in the world, but, she told the crowd, "I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too".
'One of the most dynamic books I have ever read' - Clint SmithĪt the March on Washington, Josephine Baker reflected on her life and her legacy. Winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfictionįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awardįinalist for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spievogel Award for the Art of the Essay **As featured on Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List**
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