If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday
by Farah Griffin
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Author: Farah GriffinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-14
ISBN: 0684868083
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Free Press
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Book Review: A brilliant work
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant analysis, rumination, meditation, on Billie Holiday. I believe the previous reviewers who did not agree with me missed Professor Griffin's use of jazz phrasing within the prose of her work, the reworking and repetition of themes to provide new insight. It is a technique that perhaps would only be understandable to a jazz lover, but it is part of the creative wisdom of this piece. This is the best work on Billie Holiday that I have ever read and I highly recommend it. And incidentally, Dr. Griffin is one of the most respected scholars of African American and American Studies, so she should never be compared to a first year graduate student. I suggest readers check out her other work as well.
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