A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib, JD Jackson

eAudio - 2021

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly “Gorgeous essays that reveal the resilience, heartbreak, and joy within Black performance.”—Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century • An Oprah Daily Best Nonfiction Book of the Past Two Decades“I was a devil in other countries, and I wa...s a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at... more