![]() Illustrator’s agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. 1 likes, 0 comments - Linn-Benton CC Library (lbcclibrary) on Instagram: Josephine Bakers pet cheetah, fantastically illustrated by Christian Robinson. ![]() Author’s agent: Anna Olswanger, Liza Dawson Associates. Social Impact Heroes: How Josephine Robinson of World Vision Is Helping To Mentor Young Women by Jason Hartman Authority Magazine Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our. ![]() Although Powell’s focus is on Baker, the contrast between segregated America and welcoming France will not be lost on readers. Robinson’s naif, folk-style figures look like puppets, and make some grim moments easier to endure (“Those ugly rumors incited some white folks/ to beat, murder, and burn black East St. Louis childhood surrounded by music to her triumphs all over Europe-followed, sadly, by debt and illness. Baker’s entire life spreads out in this tapestry of words, from a St. Powell (Frog Brings Rain) chooses a potent metaphor for Baker’s hidden anger: “hot magma, molten lava, trapped within.” When Baker arrived in France, the country embraced both her artistry and her blackness, and “Her deep volcanic core-filled with emotion, filled with music-erupted.” Robinson (Rain!) draws round faces gazing with amazement at the woman onstage whose pearl necklace flies one way and whose hips swing the other. ![]() ![]() Segregated American clubs were willing to let African-American dancer Josephine Baker (1906–1975) perform, but they wouldn’t let her use the front door. ![]()
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