Bessie Smith: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

ISBN-13: 9780571362929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 224 str.

Jackie Kay

Opis

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin'[Jackie Kay] offers the most vivid evocation of Bessie Smith I have ever read' - Ian Carr, BBC MusicBessie Smith was born in Tennessee in 1894.

Recenzje

Jackie Kay's book on Bessie Smith: She has combined biographical information with a total understanding of who Bessie actually WAS. Jackie shows an empathy unusual in a biographer, the writing being enhanced by the fact that its author is also a stellar poet. Biographies don't usually bring the subject to life again. This one did. I finished the book then started it again immediately. Peggy Seeger

O autorze

Jackie Kay is a Scottish poet and novelist, and was the Makar - the poet laureate of Scotland - from 2016-2021. She is the author of a number of works, including The Adoption Papers, Trumpet and Red Dust Road. Faber & Faber reissued her biography of the blues singer Bessie Smith in 2021. The recipient of numerous prizes, she was also twice shortlisted for the Scottish Book of the Year Award. She is currently chancellor of the University of Salford, and divides her time between Glasgow and Manchester. @JackieKayPoet