A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black PerformanceNew · Nonfiction, Essays, Music
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance
2021 · 301 pages · Nonfiction
62
New
★ 4.58 on Goodreads · 11K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2021). 4.58★ from 11K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
62Must-Read Score
- Critics41 out of 100 · counts 35%+16
- Readers74 out of 100 · counts 50%+43
- Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3
Where it ranks
- #65 of the 730 new books we rank
- #222 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2021)
- NBCC Award (Memoir) finalist (2021)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, True story
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