Author: Dann Tincher
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Davis Talks With Joshunda Sanders On Bookstr Livestream
Bridgett M. Davis speaks about her new memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis, with Bookstr‘s Joshunda Sanders on FaceBook Livestream.
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TWATFD A Top-10 Recommended Book By The NYT
The New York Times included The World According To Fannie Davis as one of the “10 New Books We Recommend This Week.”
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Longreads Speaks To Davis On Mother’s Experience As A Number Runner
Sheila McClear spoke in-depth with Bridgett M. Davis over Davis’ mother’s experience as a Detroit number runner, and why Davis has decided to write about it in her new memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis. “… Something shifted in my understanding and my thinking, and suddenly I thought, maybe I’m doing her a disservice by not telling the story.”
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Electric Literature Speaks With Davis On New Memoir
Jennifer Baker of Electric Literature interviews Bridgett Davis on The World According To Fannie Davis. Baker writes “In reading Bridgett M. Davis’ new book … I gained a clearer understanding of what the phrase really meant and how the lottery’s existence was embedded in the livelihood and welfare of Black lives especially.”
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NY Post Names Davis’ Memoir One Of The Best Books Of The Week
The World According To Fannie Davis was named one of the New York Post’s best books of the week on Jan 26th.The World According To Fannie Davis was named one of the New York Post’s best books of the week on Jan 26th.
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EW Interviews Davis On The World According To Fannie Davis
David Canfield of Entertainment Weekly spoke with Bridgett M. Davis about her new memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis. Davis spoke about her inspirations, writing process, and the importance of sharing her mother’s story. “I’m hoping that’s one big thing people take away — that they’re given access to a community of black folks that are just wanting what everyone wants, in chasing that American dream. They’re pretty extraordinary in their ordinariness because of that added barrier that’s been in place for African-Americans throughout this country’s history.”
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NPR Weekend Edition’s Scott Simon Interviews Davis About Her Mom’s Numbers Racket
“It was a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal.”
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Davis On Cover of Kirkus Reviews For The World According to Fannie Davis!
Joshunda Sanders profiles Bridgett M. Davis for a cover story of Kirkus Reviews’ January 15, 2019 issue: “I was absolutely clear that there’s something about black mothers that’s just not part of the narrative.”
