Bessie SmithBy: Jackie Kay A beautiful genre bending tribute to the larger than life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotlands National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of the Empress of the Blues. There has never been anyone else like Bessie Smith. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 and orphaned by the age of nine, Bessie Smith sang on street corners before becoming a big name in traveling shows. In 1923,
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