What if Harriet Tubman came back—not just in spirit, but in flesh, fire, and full creative control? In Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, Bob the Drag Queen brings her back as a hip-hop frontwoman, a prophet of rhythm and resistance, demanding not just remembrance but agency over what is remembered. Through a blistering blend of memoir, lyrics, and dialogue, Bob collapses time itself to ask: what does freedom look like for the living? For the Black, queer, and deeply human?

At the heart of this novel is Darnell, a once-celebrated producer who’s been stuck in a quiet exile ever since he was outed on national television. Called upon by Harriet to produce an album that speaks to “Black folk today,” Darnell enters the studio expecting a monument and finds a mirror instead. Harriet, in Bob’s hands, is not mythologized but magnified—wise, weary, deeply faithful, and completely uninterested in Darnell’s ego. She, and the other members of her band (the Freemans), carry stories of survival that are not sanitized. They’re raw, messy, holy. And they demand to be heard in full.

Bob’s writing is a masterclass in genre-bending: part gospel, part rap lyrics, part ancestral séance. The characters trade verses and liberation strategies with the same urgency, whether they’re decoding the Underground Railroad or unpacking the emotional weight of queer Black shame. This book mourns what’s been stolen, yes—but it also celebrates what we’ve made from the wreckage. At its core, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert insists that history is best told by those who lived it, and that the most radical act we can offer the past is to listen—fully, deeply, without interruption.

What makes Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert so extraordinary is Bob the Drag Queen’s ability to deliver powerful, anti-racist history lessons through a vividly contemporary lens. This isn’t a dry textbook or a sanitized timeline—it’s a living, breathing conversation between the past and the present. Through magical realism, sharp dialogue, and emotional honesty, Bob challenges the myths we’ve been fed about American history and invites us to learn from those who lived it. It’s an inventive, electrifying reminder that liberation stories don’t belong behind glass—they deserve a mic, a spotlight, and an audience willing to listen.

📖 Read this if you love: bold reimaginings of historical figures, hip-hop as a vehicle for liberation, or contemporary stories grounded in Black queer resilience and creativity.

🔑 Key Themes: Black Liberation and Queer Identity, The Power of Self-Narration, Faith and Freedom, Intergenerational Resistance, Anti-Racist Historical Reclamation.