Bitter crop: the heartache and triumph of Billie Holiday's last year
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In this unconventional portrait of arguably America’s most eminent jazz singer, the author shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life—with relevant flashbacks to provide context—to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of Holiday’s artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law. During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her, and new material unearthed in private collections and institutional archives, Bitter Crop—a reference to the last two words of Strange Fruit, her moving song about lynching—limns Holiday as a powerful, ambitious woman who overcame her flaws to triumph as a vital figure of American popular music
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Alexander, P. (2024). Bitter crop: the heartache and triumph of Billie Holiday's last year. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Alexander, Paul, 1955-. 2024. Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Alexander, Paul, 1955-, Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Alexander, Paul. Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
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505 | 0 | |a The last night at the Flamingo Lounge -- A woman of the world -- Lady in satin -- A little jazz history -- Bitter crop -- When your lover has gone -- It happened out west -- Goodbye to the City of Lights -- The whole truth -- "I'm Billie Holiday!" -- Thedeath of the president -- Memory and desire -- Farewell to storyville -- Fade out -- Angel of Harlem. | |
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