{"product_id":"9780452261136","title":"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING VIOLA DAVIS AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFences \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e comes the extraordinary \u003ci\u003eMa Rainey's Black Bottom—\u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe time is 1927.  The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago.  Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites.  Waiting for her are her Black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager.  What goes down in the session to come is more than music.  It is a riveting portrayal of black rage, of racism, of the self-hate that racism breeds, and of racial exploitation.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42369632272445,"sku":"9780452261136","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780452261136_p0.jpg?v=1771591855","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780452261136","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}