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  • Naked Acts, The FilmFilm Other Writing As the Books Editor for Bold As Love Magazine (boldaslove.us), here are some of my most recent posts: Review of Losing Ground, premiere of Kathleen Collins’ film, February 12, 2015 Review of Finding Fela, the documentary, August 2, 2014 Qu0026#038;A with poet/archivist Harmony Holiday, July 11, 2014 My Writing Process: Blog Tour, June 11, 2014 Qu0026#038;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 Qu0026#038;A with author Emily Raboteau, Feb. 10, 2013 Adventures in Cynicism, Jan. 12, 2013 ** 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
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  • Davis Featured On Atlanta’s NPR Show “Closer Look With Rose Scott”

    Davis discusses with Rose Scott her mother’s journey to becoming an entrepreneur.

    Listen to the full interview here.

    May 5, 2019
  • TWATFD Featured In Washington Post Magazine Story On Authors’ Books That “Spark Joy”

    Read full piece here.

    May 5, 2019
  • Michigan In Books Review Calls TWATFD “Remarkable, Eye-Opening and Thoroughly Engaging”

    Read full review here.

    May 5, 2019
  • Christian Science Monitor Lists TWATFD In Its 10 Best Books For March

    Read full list here.

    May 5, 2019
  • The Millions Review Calls TWATFD “Scintillating” And “Important”

    Read review here.

    May 5, 2019
  • TWATFD Featured In Detroit Free Press Op-Ed On Underground Economies

    “Davis argues that society’s dim view of the street lottery was largely shaped by a newspaper-fueled perception that the lottery was a black man’s game, much in the way that 1930s propaganda convinced Americans that marijuana was inherently evil because it was the intoxicant of choice for black and brown people.”

    Read full piece here.

    May 5, 2019
  • New York Times Book Review Calls Fannie Davis “A daughter’s gesture of loving defiance, an act of reclamation, an absorbing portrait of her mother in full”

    Read full review here.

    May 5, 2019
  • New York Times Sunday Book Review Calls TWATFD “Extraordinary” And “Exhilarating”

    Kaitlyn Greenidge writes, “We need more stories like Fannie’s — the triumph and good life of a lucky black woman in a deeply corrupt world.”

    Read the full review here.

    May 5, 2019
  • Davis Featured On WBAI’s Dreamleapers Radio Show With Harriette Cole

    Davis speaks with WBAI’s Harriette Cole about TWATFD and balancing memoir and social history.

    Listen to the full interview here.

    March 17, 2019
  • Davis Shares Her Must-Read Book By A Woman For Glamour

    For International Women’s Day, Davis, along with other women authors, shared her favorite book written by a woman — her literary idol.

    Read full article here.

    March 17, 2019
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