{"product_id":"if-you-cant-be-free-be-a-mystery-in-search-of-billie-holiday-paperback","title":"If You Can't Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFarah Jasmine Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than four decades after her death, Billie Holiday remains one of the most gifted artists of our time-and also one of the most elusive. Because of who she was and how she chose to live her life, Lady Day has been the subject of both intense adoration and wildly distorted legends. Now at last, Farah Jasmine Griffin, a writer of intellectual authority and superb literary gifts, liberates Billie Holiday from the mythology that has obscured both her life and her art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intimate meditation on Holiday's place in American culture and history, \u003ci\u003e If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery \u003c\/i\u003ereveals Lady Day in all her complexity, humor and pain-a true jazz virtuoso whose passion and originality made every song she sang hers forever. Celebrated by poets, revered by recording artists from Frank Sinatra to Macy Gray, Billie Holiday is more popular and influential today than ever before. Now, thanks to this marvelous book, Holiday's many fans can finally understand the singer and the woman they love.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than four decades after her death, Billie Holiday remains one of the most gifted artists of our time-and also one of the most elusive. Because of who she was and how she chose to live her life, Lady Day has been the subject of both intense adoration and wildly distorted legends. Now at last, Farah Jasmine Griffin, a writer of intellectual authority and superb literary gifts, liberates Billie Holiday from the mythology that has obscured both her life and her art. \u003cbr\u003eAn intimate meditation on Holiday's place in American culture and history,\" If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery reveals Lady Day in all her complexity, humor and pain-a true jazz virtuoso whose passion and originality made every song she sang hers forever. Celebrated by poets, revered by recording artists from Frank Sinatra to Macy Gray, Billie Holiday is more popular and influential today than ever before. Now, thanks to this marvelous book, Holiday's many fans can finally understand the singer and the woman they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Billie Holiday fan for as long as she can remember, \u003cb\u003eFarah Jasmine Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis currently a visiting professor at Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003e\"Who Set You Flowin'?\" The African American Migration Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.16 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467845386493,"sku":"9780345449733","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/eHhaL2c1VFdteXpSUGZKMzg2UjNQUT09.webp?v=1777281159","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/if-you-cant-be-free-be-a-mystery-in-search-of-billie-holiday-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}