Nabil Ayers has written about music and race for publications including The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, GQ, and The Root. Ayers is the President of Beggars Group US, where he has released albums by many GRAMMY Award-winning artists. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
"Across a soundscape of '70s New York jazz, '90s Pacific Northwest
grunge, and '00s indie rock, Nabil traces the image of his father
through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out
meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what
it means to be a family." - Michelle Zauner, New York
Times bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and Grammy
nominated musician Japanese Breakfast
"Ayers writes with a quiet urgency that drove me toward the end of
this book with bated breath. Race, class, inheritance, music,
family, and love are all up for questioning, pulled apart, and
formed with new definitions along the way. The author's curiosity
about where he comes from, who he comes from, and what comes next
are on full display as artistic renderings of the human condition
through a singular lens. It's a unique life story I am loath to
spoil, but happy to recommend you read. My Life in the
Sunshine is more than worth your time. It's worth your full
attention." - Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling
author of Somebody's Daughter
"You'd think it would be enough that Nabil has this first hand and
vital perspective on family, music, and race to offer, but he also
had to go ahead and be an amazing writer to boot-thoughtful,
generous, wise, and essential." - John Hodgman, New York
Times bestselling author, comedian, and actor
"Riveting and relatable, heartbreaking and at times
hysterical- Ayers' rhythmic prose is lyrical, propulsive,
spellbinding. I couldn't put My Life in the Sunshine down till the
end. I already know this is a book I'll be returning to, again and
again." - Allison Russell, Grammy nominated Musician and
Songwriter for Outside Child
"My life in the sunshine is too fun to be as poignant as it
is. The book reads like music. As another mixed-race Jewish kid who
has shaped his life around music, I had a lot of ways into this
memoir. This story is for anybody who has ever tried to find the
missing puzzle pieces in their own life." - Daveed Diggs, Grammy
and Tony award-winning actor, musician, writer, and
producer
"A thought-provoking, fascinating, delicious read. No matter how
tough and emotional Nabil's journey is, he has a way of telling his
story so beautifully-it will pull at your emotions very deeply. My
soul feels fed." - Angel Bat Dawid, composer and
musician
"Among his many other talents, Nabil is a really thoughtful,
evocative writer whose well-formed sentences conjure a whole lot
not just within their lines but between them. He knows how to tell
a story and this book is a great one." - Michael Azerrad,
award-winning music journalist, author, and musician
"In a moving and candid memoir, Ayers memorably probes the meaning
of family while offering unique insight into the racialized world
of the American music industry. A searchingly eloquent memoir of
music and family." - Kirkus
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