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.
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NBC News Lists TWATFD as One of the Best African-American Memoirs!
Davis’ memoir is sited alongside four other noteworthy AA memoirs as must-haves that belong on your shelf.
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TWATFD Named One of 10 Best Reads of 2019 by Michigan’s City Pulse
Davis’ memoir is called “a fast-paced gallop through a world couched in secrecy that we seldom get to see.”
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Davis On Inside Edition!
Davis is interviewed about her mother’s secret vocation, and its impact on the community.
