Title

Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A New Era in Opera

Authors

Sakinah A. Davis, Xavier University of Louisiana

Files

Description

Fire Shut Up in My Bones is the 2014 memoir by NY Times journalist and columnist Charles Blow, telling the story of his coming-of-age as a young Black man in rural Northern Louisiana and how he has to struggle to deal with childhood abuse.

New Orleans jazz composer, Terence Blanchard, chose this memoir as the subject of his second opera.

Publication Date

2021

City

New Orleans

Keywords

Opera, New Era

Recommended Citation

Davis, Sakinah A., "Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A New Era in Opera" (2021). Festival of Scholars. 7.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/xula_fos/7