Bob the Drag Queen

author of “Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert”

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Harriet Tubman has come back to life and wants to make a hip-hop album. That’s the premise of Bob the Drag Queen’s debut novel.

‘America’s first Black superhero’ is revived to record hip-hop album: New novel

Harriet Tubman has come back to life and wants to make a hip-hop album. That’s the premise of Bob the Drag Queen’s debut novel.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

HBO’s new show “We’re Here” is about illustrating what people around America have in common, says Bob the Drag Queen.

‘We’re Here’: Bob the Drag Queen and Shangela transform small-town America

HBO’s new show “We’re Here” is about illustrating what people around America have in common, says Bob the Drag Queen.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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