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Daphne A. Brooks

Daphne A. Brooks
Daphne A. Brooks is author of Jeff Buckley's Grace and Bodies in Dissent, winner of the Errol Hill Award for outstanding scholarship in African American performance studies. A professor at Yale University, she has written liner notes to accompany the recordings of Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrell, and Prince, as well as stories for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, and Pitchfork.


The Woman Who Preserved Zora Neale Hurston’s Musical Legacy

Daphne A. Brooks on Rosetta Reitz, Grassroots Blues Activism, and Black Feminism
February 24, 2021  By Daphne A. Brooks
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