They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

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kthunter's review against another edition

4.25
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futuremagic's review against another edition

4.5
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virginiaduan's review against another edition

5.0
Masterful.

I wish I could word or think conceptualize music the way Abdurraqib does. His words about Blackness, about Black joy, grief, survival, tenacity, and music!!! About surviving and thriving on the margins, through grief so thick you might choke—masterful writing.

Best taken in small doses so the words can sink in. Truly a masterpiece.
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line_magnus's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%
There's some really poignant writing in here, but most of the essays are just talk about and analysis of bands and music I don't know, so I found it really difficult to stay engaged

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4.0
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questionablereads's review against another edition

5.0
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this is so much more than a collection of essays and I am forever changed because of it
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5.0
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3.75
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5.0
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5.0
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