A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance Binding:Paperback her family teeters on the

her family teeters on the brink of poverty

and southern cuisines results in delicious recipes like Smashed Potatoes

spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington

Laniah knows she’s playing with fire

It is binge-worthy entertainment at its literary best

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance Binding:Paperback her family teeters on theNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A sweeping, genre bending masterpiece (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexityfrom Soul Train,Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyonc 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,