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.
Praise for What Happened, Miss Simone? and Nina Simone
“Alan Light has written an electrifying, humane, and dimensional
biography of one of my favorite artists in the entire world. I
learned so much about a woman I admire, the woman whose fiery piano
and voice is a powerful reminder of what artists are meant to do!
What Happened, Miss Simone? captures how unique and real she was on
every page.”
–Alicia Keys
“A spellbinding portrait of a musical genius, a woman both ahead of
her time and of it. In What Happened Miss Simone?, Alan Light
resurrects the High Priestess of Soul with profound sympathy and
masterful storytelling.”
–Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson, author of Mo’ Meta Blues and Something
to Food About
“Nina Simone was an overwhelming artist, piano player, and
singer—the kind of artist that I loved and admired.”
–Bob Dylan
“Nina Simone’s music helped us to navigate the contradictions that
propelled the black struggle forward… Her phenomenal voice
beckoned us toward the battle to come.”
–Angela Davis
“What Happened, Miss Simone? is the engaging
biography of the troubled soul heroine... As Light shows, her
intensity fueled music that reflected and transformed the volatile
America of her times.”
–Rolling Stone
“[Nina Simone's] willingness to speak her mind shines out of every
page of Alan Light's biography.”
–The Times (UK)
“A probing account of Simone’s inner struggles...Far from
detracting from her civil rights heroism, it makes that achievement
all the more astonishing.”
–The New York Review of Books
“Simone was a genius. Her triumphs and troubles share the
stage in Light's pitch-perfect biography, What Happened, Miss
Simone?.”
–Elle
“Cleareyed and well-balanced, respectful rather than
worshipful.”
–Columbus Dispatch
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