Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
A Novel
Bob the Drag Queen
- **THE
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- GoodreadsFeaturing
- two
- new
- songs
- written
- for
- the
- audiobook
- and
- performed
- by
- Bob
- the
- Drag
- Queen!“Harriet
- Tubman:
- Live
- in
- Concert
- is
- magnificent!
- I
- want
- to
- send
- to
- the
- folks
- who
- do
- the
- Nobel
- Prize
- for
- Literature.
- I
- don’t
- know
- them,
- but
- I
- want
- them
- to
- read
- this!”
- —Whoopi
- Goldberg“It’s
- a
- knockout.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly
- (starred
- review)“An
- emotional
- exploration
- of
- religion,
- external
- and
- internalized
- homophobia,
- the
- pressure
- of
- progressing
- Black
- liberation,
- and
- the
- importance
- of
- revisiting
- the
- past.”
- —New
- York
- magazineFrom
- RuPaul’s
- Drag
- Race
- winner,
- Traitors
- contestant,
- and
- host
- of
- HBO’s
- We’re
- Here
- comes
- an
- inventive,
- wondrous
- novel
- about
- American
- hero
- Harriet
- Tubman
- that
- remixes
- history
- into
- a
- fresh,
- dynamic
- novel
- about
- love,
- freedom,
- salvation,
- and
- hip-hop.**In
- an
- age
- of
- miracles
- where
- our
- greatest
- heroes
- from
- history
- have
- magically,
- unexplainably
- returned
- to
- shake
- us
- out
- of
- our
- confusion
- and
- hate,
- Harriet
- Tubman
- is
- back,
- and
- she
- has
- a
- lot
- to
- say.Harriet
- Tubman
- and
- four
- of
- the
- enslaved
- persons
- she
- led
- to
- freedom
- want
- to
- tell
- their
- story
- in
- a
- unique
- way.
- Harriet
- wants
- to
- create
- a
- hip-hop
- album
- and
- live
- show
- about
- her
- life,
- and
- she
- needs
- a
- songwriter
- to
- help
- her.She
- calls
- upon
- Darnell,
- a
- once
- successful
- hip-hop
- producer
- who
- was
- topping
- the
- charts
- before
- being
- outed
- on
- a
- BET
- talk
- show.
- Darnell
- has
- no
- idea
- what
- to
- expect
- when
- he
- steps
- into
- the
- studio
- with
- Harriet,
- only
- that
- they
- have
- a
- short
- period
- of
- time
- to
- write
- a
- legendary
- album
- she
- can
- take
- on
- the
- road.
- Over
- the
- course
- of
- their
- time
- together,
- they
- not
- only
- create
- music
- that
- will
- take
- the
- country
- by
- storm,
- but
- confront
- the
- horrors
- of
- both
- their
- pasts,
- and
- learn
- to
- find
- a
- way
- to
- a
- better
- future.Original,
- evocative,
- and
- historic,
- Harriet
- Tubman:
- Live
- in
- Concert
- is
- a
- landmark
- achievement
- that
- will
- burrow
- deep
- into
- our
- hearts
- (and ears).
