Bridgett M. Davis
Bridgett M. Davis is an American writer, teacher and independent filmmaker. Her memoir The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, was a
Biography
Born and raised in
Her debut novel, Shifting through Neutral, was published in 2004. Her second novel, Into The Go-Slow, was chosen as a "best book of 2014" by outlets including
She is also an essayist, and has written articles and reviews for many newspapers and journals. Among those in which her work has appeared are the
Davis has been the recipient of a Brooklyn Arts Council award and a
In 2019, she published her memoir The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers, which was a New York Times Editors' Choice, and was named a Best Book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and Real Simple magazine.[1] Written to honor her remarkable mother, who ran an illegal lottery operation out of her Detroit home so as to give her family a stable, middle-class life,[4][5] the book was described by New York Times critic Jennifer Szalai as "a daughter's gesture of loving defiance, an act of reclamation, an absorbing portrait of her mother in full",[6] and Joshunda Sanders writing in Kirkus Reviews concluded a profile of the author by saying: "Fannie orients and centers a world where she risks everything to provide and demonstrate unconditional love for her family. Bridgett returns that love right back to her mother, unfettered from any hesitation or sense of lack. From the first word to the last, there is nothing in the book but adoration, reverence, and affection."[7]
Bibliography
- Shifting Through Neutral, 2004, Amistad/Harper Collins; hardcover, ISBN 0-06-057250-7.
- Into the Go-Slow, 2014, ISBN 978-1-55861-864-0
- The World According to Fannie Davis, 2019, ISBN 978-0316558730
References
- ^ a b c "Writing and Publishing Black Women's Biography in the Time of Black Lives Matter | Bridgett Davis". Harvard University. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Bridgett M. Davis". AALBC.com. African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ a b "Davis, Bridgett M." encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "My Mother Was a Betting Woman". The New York Times. February 2, 2019.
- ^ Davis, Bridgett M. (August 9, 2020). "Op-Ed: Blocked by racism from earning a good living, my mother 'made a way out of no way'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "10 New Books We Recommend This Week". The new York Times. January 31, 2019.
- ^ Sanders, Joshunda (January 15, 2019). "Profiles | Bridgett M. Davis". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved April 1, 2024.