31 December 2021

The year-end book post



I read a lot this year. The podcast helped. 
  1. The Architecture of Ratcliff - Woodruff Minor. Another book on the history of the architecture firm I work at, to help with the archive projects.
  2. A Killing Frost - Seanan McGuire. Fourteenth in the October Daye series.
  3. You Are A Badass - Jen Sincero. Reread.
  4. Creative Nonfiction #74
  5. The Story Engine - Peter Chiykowski. Postcard-sized stories.
  6. Algorithms of Oppression - Safiya Umoja Noble. How search engines reinforce racism.
  7. Slime - Ruth Kassinger. Algae algae algae!!! Well written, easy to digest. There is a recipe appendix.

08 August 2021

This Fact Is Overdue #20

 

Circuit Breaker

Jackie Shane relaxing at home

The Chitlin’ Circuit, some early rock ‘n’ roll, and the fabulous Jackie Shane

REFERENCES

Banks, E. (2010) I Got Mine: The Story of Jackie Shane. CBC Radio Listened to on Sound Cloud.

Chambers, S., et al eds. (2017) Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. Toronto: Coach House Books.

Farber, J. (2019) Jackie Shane: remembering the groundbreaking trans soul singer. The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/25/jackie-shane-groundbreaking-trans-soul-singer

Fensterstock, A. (2017) Jackie Shane, A Force Of Nature Who Disappeared, Has A Story All Her Own. NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/10/25/559775225/jackie-shane-a-force-of-nature-who-disappeared-has-a-story-all-her-own

Fosgren, L. (2019) From the Black Arts Movement to the Contemporary Chitlin Circuit Journal of DramaticTheory and Criticism, 33(2); 61-80.

Iannacci, E. (2017) Searching for Jackie Shane, R&Bs Lost Transgender Superstar. Globe & Mail.

Jeffries, F. (2019) Black Performers’ Soulful Showcase During Segregation. The Atlanta Constitution.

The late Jackie Shane in her own words: A rare interview with the pioneering musician CBC Radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/friday-feb-8-2019-david-foster-jackie-shane-and-more-1.5009904/the-late-jackie-shane-in-her-own-words-a-rare-interview-with-the-pioneering-musician-1.5010217

Lauterbach, P. (2011) The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock and Roll. New York: W.W. Norton.

McGowan, D. (2018) Jackie Shane: It’s Just, “Yes Ma’am, No Ma’am.” Southern Cultures, 24 (3); 30-44.

McKenna, B. (2018) Jackie Shane, a Legend Among Us. Nashville Scene.

Portsmith, J. (2019) Jackie Shane, Soul Singer and Transgender Pioneer, Dead at 78. Rolling Stone.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jackie-shane-soul-singer-transgender-obituary-798820/

Stack, L. (2019) Jackie Shane, Transgender Pioneer of 1960s Soul Music, Dies at 78. New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/obituaries/jackie-shane-dead.html

Ugwu, R. (2017) Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/15/arts/music/jackie-shane-transgender-soul-pioneer.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitlin%27_Circuit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Shane


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