Queen Bey - by Veronica Chambers (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

FEATURED IN: The New York Times Book Review (New and Noteworthy) - Essence - Newsweek - People - Bustle - PopSugar - Refinery 29 - HelloGiggles' - PureWow - Newsday - AMNewYork

The Ultimate Beyoncé Collectible

Beyoncé fans will eat it up. --People

You don't need to be in the Beyhive to appreciate Queen Bey...Voices including culture critic Luvvie Ajayi and actress and producer Lena Waithe give us a fresh take on Beyoncé, who's arguably the biggest pop star of our time. --Essence

Beyoncé. Her name conjures more than music, it has come to be synonymous with beauty, glamour, power, creativity, love, and romance. Her performances are legendary, her album releases events. She is not even forty but she has already rewritten the Beyoncé playbook more than half a dozen times. She is consistently provocative, political and surprising. As a solo artist, she has sold more than 100 million records. She has won 22 Grammys and is the most-nominated woman artist in the history of Grammy awards. Her 2018 performance at Coachella wowed the world. The New York Times wrote: There's not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year or any year soon. Artist, business woman, mother, daughter, sister, wife, black feminist, Queen Bey is endlessly fascinating.

Queen Bey features a diverse range of voices, from star academics to outspoken cultural critics to Hollywood and music stars. Essays include:

What Might a Black Girl Be in This World, an introduction by Veronica Chambers
Beychella is Proof That Beyoncé is the Greatest Performer Alive. I'm Not Arguing. by Luvvie Ajayi
On the Journey Together, by Lena Waithe
What Beyoncé Means to Everyone, by Meredith Broussard with visualizations by Andrew Harvard and Juan Carlos Mora
Jay-Z's Apology to Beyoncé Isn't Just Celebrity Gossip -- It's a Political Act by Brittney Cooper
All Her Single Ladies by Kid Fury
The Elevator by Ylonda Gault
The Art of Being Beyoncé by Maria Brito
Getting, Giving and Leaving by Melissa Harris Perry and Mankaprr Conteh
Beyoncé the Brave by Reshma Saujani
Living into the Lemonade: Redefining Black Women's Spirituality in the Age of Beyoncé by Candice Benbow
Beyoncé's Radical Ways by Carmen Perez
Finding la Reina in Queen Bey by Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker
Beyoncé, Influencer by Elodie Maillet Storm
The King of Pop and the Queen of Everything by Michael Eric Dyson
Style So Sacred by Edward Enninful
The Beauty of Beyoncé by Fatima Robinson
Because Beyoncé. by Ebro Darden
King Bey by Treva B. Lindsey
Meridonial: Beyoncé's Southern Roots and References by Robin M. Boylorn
B & V: A Love Letter by Caroline Clarke

Review Quotes

This collection of critical appreciations, compiled by a Times editor, assesses its superstar subject on the basis of her music, fashion, feminism, business skills, and more. --The New York Times Book Review

[An] insightful essay anthology. --InTouch Magazine

As if you needed another reason to love Beyoncé, this anthology of essays in appreciation of the superstar will give you at least 20 more. Chambers...weaves together voices of the famous, brilliant and thoughtful. --AMNewYork

A pop culture must-have in libraries that serve older teens and new adults. --School Library Journal

Reading this book feels...a lot like attending a sorority gathering when the sisters shout out their love, admiration, and respect for a polished performer who epitomizes the best of contemporary African American female culture and values. --New York Journal of Books

Actors, academics and critics unpack the impact of a megastar in a collection of essays edited by Chambers. The group meditation on one of the world's greatest living icons features pieces by writer-producer Lena Waithe, comedian Kid Fury and scholar Brittney Cooper and examines Beyonce as a paragon of black female power, the model she sets for what a modern performer should be and more. --Time

If Beyoncé is your queen (as she should be), your bookshelf needs this collection of essays dedicated to the legendary lady. --HelloGiggles

Entertaining and illuminating, this essay collection will please readers no matter their Beyoncé fan status level. --Publishers Weekly

With such a dynamic ensemble of opinions and reflections, the collection will be sweet reading not just for Beyoncé's superfans, but also for activists, feminists, and budding vocalists. An uplifting and resounding ovation. --Kirkus Reviews

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