Writer exploring the natural world, women, culture, and power.
THE INTERNATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM
The extraordinary story of the interracial all-women swing band that defied Jim Crow, broke box-office records, and changed American music.
Forthcoming from Scribner · August 2027
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My writing, journalism, and films explore nature, culture, and the lives of unconventional women.
Exceptionalism is so embedded in daily life that we barely feel it operating. It is a system constantly humming in the background – efficient, invisible yet devastatingly consequential.
-The Guardian
Once, when asked what legacy she would like to leave, Dodgion said, “Don’t let the ego get in the way. Think about the whole sound more than one’s self.”
-New Yorker