Bottom Book Club | A Little Devil In America

Join us for our next book club, where we'll dive into A Little Devil In America by Hanif Abdurraqib. The Bottom Book Club will gather on December 18th from 6-8pm at Ebony & Ivory Brewing. You can purchase the book in-store, on this event page, or online through bookshop.org.

About A Little Devil In America

“I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines—whether it’s the twenty-seven seconds in “Gimme Shelter” in which Merry Clayton wails the words “rape, murder,” a schoolyard fistfight, a dance marathon, or the instant in a game…