Description: Writer and musician Kevin Simmonds explores Leontyne Price as an icon, a diva, a woman, and a patriot--and himself as a fan, a budding singer, and a gay man--through passages that move polyphonically through Black identity, Black sound, Black sensibility, and Black history.
Review Quotes: "Each of us has a personal diva--or should. Leontyne Price is the greatest singer that our country produced in the 20th century. How fitting that she should continue to receive her flowers while she still dwells among us. Kevin Simmonds' intelligent and open homage to 'the god-object of her voice' is pitch perfect, and a valuable lesson to future singers on how their art functions beyond their control, shaping the life of each listener in profound ways." --Dante Micheaux, author of Circus