She Begat This
β Scribed by Joan Morgan
- Publisher
- Atria / 37 Ink
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
An NPR 2018 Great Read
Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy.
Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill's first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in modern history. Artists from BeyoncΓ© to Nicki Minaj to Janelle MonΓ‘e have claimed it as an inspiration, and it was recently included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as well as named the second greatest album by a woman in history by NPR (right behind Joni Mitchell's Blue).
Award-winning feminist author and journalist Joan Morgan delivers an expansive, in-depth, and heartfelt analysis of the album and its enduring place in pop culture. She Begat This is both an indelible portrait of a magical moment when a young, fierce, and determined...
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