Anna Deavere SmithNotes from the Field

A good read for anyone interested in the story of slavery.

This is a very timely and well written book.

Notes From the FieldBook Review | 📚📚📚📚1/2 4.5/5Anna Deavere Smith (writer) | Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupFrom the artistic mind of an incredible observer, documentarian, and storyteller of the human condition comes the new book, Notes From the Field, by Anna Deavere Smith.Why I was interested in this book:I’ve known of Anna Deavere Smith and her work for many years. Her plays, her films, her essays. She’s a maverick storyteller.My assessment:Smith has done it again. This time, her keen observations of life, best described in the book blurb, “she renders a host of figures who have lived and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons.” Each “chapter” is a mini-story of a real person interviewed by Smith. In her film, of the same name, she portrays each of these people, herself. Story by story, we learn further about the intricacies of her subjects, in their own words.Stories of the human condition:This book captures the epitome of stories of the human condition. It is what we have come to expect from Anna Deavere Smith and it is what she has brought forward. She has truly put herself into the shoes of those she interviewed, personifying them in their own words, and her own emotions.Note:I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley[dot]com in exchange for an honest review. Had I not been interested in this book and have high respect for the author, I would not have chosen to read it.TAGS:#NotesFromTheField #review-book #book review #Play #KnopfDoubledayPublishingGroup #AnnaDeavereSmith #TuggleGrassBlues #Tuggle Grass Reviews #TuggleGrassReviews

Very good book of the play by the same name. Thought provoking and stays with you long after you finish it. Kudos to this talented woman. Job well done. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my honest review. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on this review.