Other Writing
Here is my Substack, where I post essays regularly:
https://substack.com/@bridgettmdavis
Screened Out: Review of Lady Director, Joyce Chopra’s memoir, Liber Magazine, Winter 2022
My Monticello, Book Review, New York Times, Oct. 5, 2021
Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir, Book Review, New York Times, May 30, 2021
I kept My Mother’s Secrets For Decades – Then Told Them All, TueNIght, April 14, 2021
Blocked by Racism From Making A Good Living, My Mother Made A Way Out Of No Way, Op Ed, LA Times, Aug. 9, 2020
Highways Through Hell, Book Review, Overground Railroad and Driving While Black, New York Times, Feb. 11, 2020
A Year In Reading, The Millions, Dec. 16, 2019
Paying Tribute To Toni Morrison, Bustle, Aug. 14, 2019
My Mother Ran an Illegal Numbers Game But She Was Also A Writer, Op Ed, LA Times, April 14, 2019
The Daily Lottery Was Originally a Harlem Game, New York Times, Feb. 27, 2019
How My Mother Was Able To Provide For Her Family As Numbers Runner In Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, Feb. 6, 2019
My Mother Was a Betting Woman, New York Times, Sunday Opinion, Feb. 2, 2019
One Family’s Story Of The Great Migration North, LitHub, Jan. 30, 2019
Memories of Numbers Gambling In Detroit, SEEN Magazine, Jan. 30, 3019
Tracie and Me: Learning to Live With My Doppelgänger, Real Simple Magazine, January 2019 (pdf download)
A Year In Reading, The Millions, Dec. 13, 2016
America’s Summer of White Supremacy: A postmortem, Salon, Sept. 27, 2014
5 Lessons I Learned In The Decade It Took To Publish A Second Novel, Writers Digest, September 2014
Everything You Need To Know About Quitting Relaxing, O, The Oprah Magazine, September 2013
Here are selected posts by Davis, as Books Editor for Bold As Love Magazine (boldaslove.us):
Review of Losing Ground, premiere of Kathleen Collins’ film, February 12, 2015
Review of Finding Fela, the documentary, August 2, 2014
Q&A with poet/archivist Harmony Holiday, July 11, 2014
My Writing Process: Blog Tour, June 11, 2014
Q&A with novelist/humanitarian Chris Abani, April 2, 2014
Write From the Start: My mother, Fannie Mae Robinson, Mother’s Day 2013
To Sir, With Love: Chinua Achebe, March 24, 2013
Q&A with author Emily Raboteau, Feb. 10, 2013
Adventures in Cynicism, Jan. 12, 2013
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