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KILL ‘EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL by James McBride

June 16, 2016

RAW, BLUESY BIO of James Brown takes on his complicated life, transcendent music, place as a Black icon.

Grade: B PLUS

KILL 'EM AND LEAVE: SEARCHING FOR JAMES BROWN AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
Random House/Spiegel and Grau
2016

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A WOMAN LIKE ME, by Bettye LaVette with David Ritz

February 12, 2013

SHOCKING, TOUCHING, SALTY memoir from singer Bettye LaVette follows the highs and lows of her career and life.

Grade: SOLID B

A WOMAN LIKE ME
Penguin/Blue Rider Press
2012

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