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Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

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By: Bob the Drag Queen
Narrated by: Bob the Drag Queen
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Featuring 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 magazine

From 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). African American Literature & Fiction Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"Imagine a world in which Harriet Tubman and four of her compatriots enter the present time to tell their own stories on the hip-hop stage. Then imagine this same story expresses empathy for being queer in the US and in the hip-hop music scene. Listeners may know author/narrator Bob The Drag Queen from “RuPaul’s Drag Race” or from HBO’s “We’re Here,” and he does not disappoint here. With poignancy and deep understanding, Bob brings their own experiences to play in both the writing and the narrating of this important audiobook. Listen to Bob, listen to Harriet, and let them wake you up from complacency."
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I really enjoyed the book it was a great way to learn about harriet tubman

really interesting

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It's not arrogance when it's true. She can do anything. I read this all in one day and I think I felt every single human emotion. This has genuinely been one of the most affecting things I've read in years. Please read it.

Bob the motherfucking Drag Queen <3

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Bobs ability to inform readers of historical facts that go unheard or unlearned whilst still keeping the story captivating and interesting, allowing the readers to become attached to characters and presenting the concept in a clear, fun and emotional way and opening our minds to what is was like for black slaves and what the black community had overcome and what they’re able to do! This story was super impactful and I’ve learned so much.

The admiration, respect and gratitude Bob clearly has for Harriet Tubman is made incredibly crystal clear!

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simply fantastic, worth the audio version - performance is exceptional and the music is a bonus.

Left wanting more

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Outstanding. An absolute gem. Powerful and brilliantly crafted. The most unique book I have read in ages.

Home run of a book

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