Check out a video clip of her reciting the story:
Author: Dann Tincher
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Davis featured on Soul Lounge Primetime.
Listen to the conversation here.
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Davis featured on Henry Louis Gates’ Making Black America on PBS
Link here to watch the episode.
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Davis’ Memoir TWATFD featured As a Clue On JEOPARDY!
On July 5, 2023, under the category MEMOIRS, Jeopardy! contestants were given this clue. Watch the moment here (video attached) to see if anyone asked the correct “question” — “What is the Numbers?”
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TWATFD To Be Adapted Into A Major Motion Picture!
Plan B Entertainment and Searchlight Pictures will be adapting Davis’ memoir The World According to Fannie Davis for the big screen. The script is being written by Davis, with Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage working as a consultant on the project.
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Davis’ Memoir Named a 2020 Michigan Notable Book!
The Library of Michigan’s panel of 14 academics, librarians and writers from across the state selected TWATFD as one of the 20 books that made this year’s list.
Read the full article here!
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BuzzFeed Names TWATFD as One of The Best Books of 2019!
Davis’ memoir is called “an incredible story” and “a fascinating glimpse of how it all worked” in the Detroit Numbers world.
For the full article, visit here.
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Kirkus Reviews Names TWATFD as a Best Memoir of 2019!
In its starred review, Kirkus called Davis’ memoir an “outstanding book” and “a remarkable story.”
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Davis’ Story, “Lucky Numbers”, Featured on The Moth Radio Hour & Podcast!
Davis’ story about her mom, told before a live audience in Detroit, recently aired on local NPR radio stations and can now be heard on The Moth Radio Hour.