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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
“It was a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal.”
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.”
Davis discovered many truths about living for two decades with a celebrity look-alike: “I wanted to be known for being me, a writer. I had a byline, a website, published books, a toe in the roiling ocean of public awareness. That recognition had not come easily. And now I felt reduced to the doppelgänger of a TV actress.”
The online community for black alternative culture had high praise for Into The Go-Slow. For example:
Bridgett M. Davis’s latest novel Into the Go-Slow is a remarkable tale that powerfully addresses the challenges that arise while on the search for the often hidden and misconstrued answers to life.
