03817cam a2200325 4500 545491494 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593156049 0593156048 6087763f-8b4e-4840-a2b2-79640482ebe4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4692271 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Abdurraqib, Hanif. A Little Devil in America [Libby] : Notes in Praise of Black Performance. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 265MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 265MB. Music. Philosophy. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • “A masterpiece” (Minneapolis <i>Star Tribune</i>), a “devastating” (<i>The New York Times</i>) meditation on Black performance in America from the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and bestselling author of <i>Go Ahead in the Rain</i><br /> <br /> WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer,</i> <i>The Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly •</i> ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>The New York Times Book Review, Time,</i> <i>The Boston Globe,</i> NPR, <i>Esquire</i>, <i>BuzzFeed,</i> <i>BookRiot</i>, <i>BookPage,</i> <i>The Rumpus, Library Journal</i><br /> <br /> “Gorgeous essays that reveal the resilience, heartbreak, and joy within Black performance.”—Brit Bennett, author of <i>The Vanishing Half</i></b><br /> <br /> At the March on Washington in 1963, Josephine Baker was fifty-seven years old, well beyond her most prolific days. But in her speech she was in a mood to consider her life, her legacy, her departure from the country she was now triumphantly returning to. “I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too,” she told the crowd. Inspired by these few words, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines—whether it’s the twenty-seven seconds in “Gimme Shelter” in which Merry Clayton wails the words “rape, murder,” a schoolyard fistfight, a dance marathon, or the instant in a game of spades right after the cards are dealt—has layers of resonance in Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and Abdurraqib’s own personal history of love, grief, and performance.<br /> <br /> Abdurraqib writes prose brimming with jubilation and pain, infused with the lyricism and rhythm of the musicians he loves. With care and generosity, he explains the poignancy of performances big and small, each one feeling intensely familiar and vital, both timeless and desperately urgent. Filled with sharp insight, humor, and heart, <i>A Little Devil in America</i> exalts the Black performance that unfolds in specific moments in time and space—from midcentury Paris to the moon, and back down again to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Jackson, JD. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6087763f-8b4e-4840-a2b2-79640482ebe4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6087763f-8b4e-4840-a2b2-79640482ebe4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)