Bridgett M. Davis is the author of the memoir, The World According To Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life In The Detroit Numbers, a New York Times Editors' Choice, named a Best Book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews, and featured as a clue on Jeopardy!. She is author of two novels, Into the Go-Slow, and Shifting Through Neutral. Davis is also writer/director of the award-winning film Naked Acts, which was recently re-released to critical acclaim. She is Professor Emerita at Baruch College (CUNY) and the Graduate Center, where she taught creative, narrative and film writing. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the LA Times, among other publications. A graduate of Spelman College and Columbia Journalism School, she lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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