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4.61 AVERAGE
4.61 AVERAGE
Completely lives up to the hype.
Incredible writer, the poetic skill with which he shifts from what might be considered a more mundane approach to a mind-altering one. Like picking up a music review only to realize you're actually going on a journey with the author, into his life and into commentary about society and the music business.
Subject matter shifts somewhat as you get further into the collection and the essays get longer, though there is still a heavy presence of music, and also of addressing racism.
As such I might advise spacing out the reading experience, depending on your personal sensitivty to the subject matter, as the discussion regularly involves not just racism but racist violence.
Personal stand outs:
The Night Prince Walked in Water
The Return of the Loneliest Boys in Town
Brief Notes on Staying // No One is Making Their Best Work When They Want to Die
Fall Out Boy Forever
There is the Picture of Michael Jackson Kissing Whitney Houston on the Cheek
February 6, 2012
In the Summer of 1997, Everyone Took to the Streets in Shiny Suits
Nina Simone Was Very Black
August 9, 2014
Serena Williams and the Policing of Imagined Arrogance
They Will Speak Loudest of You After You've Gone
Johnny Cash Never Shot a Man in Reno. Or, The Migos: Nice Kids from the Suburbs
Surviving on Small Joys
⚠️Mention of suicide, racist violence, misogyny, death of parent, mention of child death
Incredible writer, the poetic skill with which he shifts from what might be considered a more mundane approach to a mind-altering one. Like picking up a music review only to realize you're actually going on a journey with the author, into his life and into commentary about society and the music business.
Subject matter shifts somewhat as you get further into the collection and the essays get longer, though there is still a heavy presence of music, and also of addressing racism.
As such I might advise spacing out the reading experience, depending on your personal sensitivty to the subject matter, as the discussion regularly involves not just racism but racist violence.
Personal stand outs:
The Night Prince Walked in Water
The Return of the Loneliest Boys in Town
Brief Notes on Staying // No One is Making Their Best Work When They Want to Die
Fall Out Boy Forever
There is the Picture of Michael Jackson Kissing Whitney Houston on the Cheek
February 6, 2012
In the Summer of 1997, Everyone Took to the Streets in Shiny Suits
Nina Simone Was Very Black
August 9, 2014
Serena Williams and the Policing of Imagined Arrogance
They Will Speak Loudest of You After You've Gone
Johnny Cash Never Shot a Man in Reno. Or, The Migos: Nice Kids from the Suburbs
Surviving on Small Joys
⚠️Mention of suicide, racist violence, misogyny, death of parent, mention of child death
gorgeous criticism with poetic edge. my first book post-grad. cried on the train.
Abdurraqib is one of my favorite writers around today. He elevates and intellectualizes pop culture with pure love and zero pretension. He’s just one of the coolest guys I know of. He came and chatted with my students this year, and it was one of the highlights of my many-yeared career.
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