What Happened, Miss Simone?: A Biography - Hardcover

Alan Light

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782118713 ISBN 13: 9781782118718

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2016

Synopsis

Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, this is the story of the real Miss Simone.

What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon Nina Simone, one of the most influential, provocative, and least-understood artists of our time. Drawn from a trove of rare archival footage, audio recordings and interviews (including Simone's remarkable private diaries), this nuanced examination of Nina Simone's life highlights her musical inventiveness and unwavering quest for equality, while laying bare the personal demons that plagued her from the time of her Jim Crow childhood in North Carolina to her self-imposed exile in Liberia and Paris.

Harnessing the singular voice of Miss Simone herself and incorporating candid reflections from those who knew her best, including her only daughter, music journalist Alan Light brings us face to face with a legend, examining the very public persona and very private struggles of one of our greatest artists.

About this title

About the Author

A veteran music journalist, Alan Light is the author of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" and Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. Light was previously the editor-in-chief of Vibe and Spin and a senior writer for Rolling Stone. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782118713
• ISBN 13: 9781782118718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320