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A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
Category: Performing Arts
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A sweeping, genre-bending "masterpiece" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity - from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé . ONE OF THE TEN B ...Show more
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
Category: Non-Fiction
An electrifying celebration of Black performances, cultures and communities in the United States, from the New York Times bestselling poet and critic Hanif Abdurraqib 'Gorgeous' - Brit Bennett 'Pure genius' - Jacqueline Woodson 'One of the most dynamic books I have ever read' - Clint Smith At the March ...Show more
Go Ahead in the Rain - Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib
Category: Performing Arts
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially consci ...Show more
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
Category: Biography
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and the meaning of success Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, in the 1990s, Hanif Abdurraqib witnessed a golden era of basketball, one in which legends like LeBron James were forged and countless others weren't. His lifelong love of the game leads Abdurra ...Show more
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Abdurraqib Hanif
Category: Fiction
In a collection of essays published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others - along with original, previously unreleased essays ' Hanif Abdurraqib explores the political, social, racial condition of our world today through the language of music and culture. From discussions over public d ...Show more
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Category: Non-Fiction
Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.
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