With a poet’s eye for wisdom in strange juxtapositions, Hanif Abdurraqib pens essays about music and pop culture that are about so much more than music and pop culture. Punk fan, hip hop head, pop critic and a black man alive in America– Abdurraqib makes insightful and poetic examinations of racism, politics, police, youth, identity, grief and hope. And it all comes back to the music. The essay on Allen Iverson made me cry…
–Ian, Browsers Bookshop, Olympia, WA
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