I Don't like the Blues

Bezel is the digital companion to my five published works: I Don't Like the Blues (2020), We Travel (2020), We Dance (2021), Ghosts of Segregation (2024), and We Travel (2026). Explore Capsules to learn more about the project, and Credits for a list of collaborators, media coverage, talks, and more.

Bezel is my digital portfolio. It gathers framing materials—work samples, photos, footage, and notes—around my five published works: I Don't Like the Blues (2020), We Travel (2020), We Dance (2021), Ghosts of Segregation (2024), and We Make (2026).

I Don't Like the Blues

We Travel

We Dance

We Make

Ghosts of Segregation

UNC Press, 2020

I Don't like the Blues is about blues tourism and local Black knowledge systems (also "the blues") in Clarksdale, MS. It is based on five years of ethnographic research, including 13 months living in Clarksdale, and conversations with more than 100 Black residents.

I Don't Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life

B. Brian Foster
Book - Ethnography
2020

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