Francesca T Royster
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A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicagoâs North and South Sides
As a multiracial household in Chicagoâs North Side community of Rogers Park, race is at the core of Francesca T. Royster and her family's world, influencing everyday acts of parenting and the conception of what family truly means. Like Maggie Nelsonâs The Argonauts, this lyrical and affecting
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""What happens when we look at US country music through a black feminist and queer eye?" Francesca Royster suggests it reveals a group of mostly invisible fans and performers in a "white" musical genre, some of whom are intervening in that space in ways that are creative, risky and inherently "soulful." While loving country music can be an exercise in shaming and rejection for these fans, the music is also a space of creativity, resistance, and power....