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The Nation PodcastsEach Brick in This Wall: Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place | Reading WritersCharlotte and Jo spring into the new year with a conversation about ancient poetry: Beowulf, The Iliad, and Dante’s Inferno as translated by Mark Musa, Mary Jo Bang, and Danny Lavery. They’re then joined by the wise and wonderful Hanif Abdurraqib who—after sharing a scoop about what series of book he reads every year (!)—reflects on the formative impacts of his encounter with Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place. Other titles discussed: Toni Morrison’s Jazz, Bebe Moore Campbells’ Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine, Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain. Hanif Abd...
2026-01-241h 06
How to Be a Better HumanHow to find belonging (w/ Hanif Abdurraqib)Where do you belong and what does community mean to you? These are the central questions Chris asks poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib while visiting Hanif’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Hanif is a poet and essayist of many notable works such as They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, A Fortune for Your Disaster, and A Little Devil in America, among others. Hanif joins Chris to share his love for the city Columbus, what it means to be cared for by community members, and how spending time with others can show you how to love them...
2025-11-1732 min
Club BookClub Book Episode 188 Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is an incisive poet, accomplished essayist, and versatile cultural critic. His acclaimed poetry collections include The Crown Ain’t Worth Much (2016), a raw meditation on the dangers of being young and Black in the American Midwest, and A Fortune for Your Disaster (2019), which explores the themes of loss and rebuilding after heartbreak. Music aficionados may know Abdurraqib best for his essay collection They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a modern cultural touchstone that led NPR to herald him as “one of the most essential voices of his generation.” His follow-ups include Go Ahead in the Rain...
2025-10-3159 min
The StacksUnabridged: A Conversation Between Friends with Jason Reynolds and Hanif Abdurraqib*Patreon and Substack-only bonus episode teaser, click here for the full episode*In this bonus episode, we’re heading down south to Jackson, Mississippi to join friends of the pod, Jason Reynolds and Hanif Abdurraqib, at the Mississippi Book Festival! Together, we celebrate each other's work, fight over the greatest band of all time, and then debate the state of music and literary criticism.You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks Website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/unabridged/2025/9/19/tsu-51-jason-reynolds-hanif-abdurraqibConnect with J...
2025-09-1912 min
One Bright BookEpisode #37: There's Always This Year, by Hanif AbdurraqibWelcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in August. Maybe. It's summer, people! Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links be...
2025-07-081h 17
Simplifica, aí!Resumo do livro "There's Always This Year" de Hanif Abdurraqib. Sobre basquete e ascensãoNo livro "There's Always This Year" (2024), Hanif Abdurraqib investiga as ricas conexões entre esportes, cultura e suas próprias experiências pessoais. O livro reúne suas reflexões, misturando histórias pessoais com percepções culturais. Por meio dessa lente, Abdurraqib explora temas mais profundos como identidade, lar e a busca pelo sucesso, não apenas dentro dos limites da quadra de basquete, mas também na própria vida.Sobre o autorHanif Abdurraqib é um aclamado poeta, ensaísta e crítico cultural, famoso por seu trabalho introspectivo sobre música, cultur...
2025-07-0116 min
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and NeuroscienceHow NY Times Bestselling Author Hanif Abdurraqib WritesNew York Times bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib spoke to me about taking a leap of faith, the tentpoles of his writing practice, and his recent NBCC award-winning THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: On Basketball and Ascension.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a lauded New York Times bestselling author, recent Winner of the NBCC Award for criticism, and a finalist for the National Book Award for A Little Devil in America. He is also a poet, essayist, cultural critic, contributor for The New Yorker, and a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant.
His latest book, There’s Always T...
2025-05-3031 min
Sleeping with CelebritiesHanif Abdurraqib Has 90 Band Shirts. Which We Think You’ll Agree Is a Lot.Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, cultural critic, and author of numerous books, including They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, A Little Devil in America, and There’s Always This Year. He’s very passionate about music, as is evidenced in his massive collection, purchased online and at concert venues, of concert t-shirts, band sweatshirts, and other vintage apparel linked to various artists. Hanif walks us through his criteria for selecting which shirts to buy as well as what will determine the coming culling of his collection down to a more manageable 70. He also details the white whale tha...
2025-05-2146 min
Overdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast22 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Hanif AbdurraqibHost Emily chats with author, poet, essaysist (and more), Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, the 2025 Reading Across Rhode Island title. They talk about the book, their dogs, and unofficial sister cities Columbus, OH and Providence, RI. Abdurraqib will be in Rhode Island for a free author event on April 22, 2025. Grab your seat today! Learn more about Reading Across Rhode Island and get books for your work, library, classroom, or for your book club with your friends! Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island O...
2025-03-2539 minOverdueing It: The Rhode Island Library Podcast22 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Hanif AbdurraqibHost Emily chats with author, poet, essaysist (and more), Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, the 2025 Reading Across Rhode Island title. They talk about the book, their dogs, and unofficial sister cities Columbus, OH and Providence, RI. Abdurraqib will be in Rhode Island for a free author event on April 22, 2025. Grab your seat today! Learn more about Reading Across Rhode Island and get books for your work, library, classroom, or for your book club with your friends! Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island O...
2025-03-2539 min
Meena Lohar's podcastKey Change: Hanif Abdurraqib on The ClashKey Change is a conversation series within Song Exploder, where I talk to fascinating people about the music that's transformed them. My guest today is Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author of books like They Can't Kill us Until They Kill Us, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, and A Little Devil in America, which won the Andrew Carnegie medal for nonfiction. I've been a guest on Hanif's podcast, Object of Sound, and I just love reading and hearing his thoughts about music. When I first started toying with t...
2025-02-2631 min
Song ExploderKey Change: Hanif Abdurraqib on The ClashMy guest today is Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author of books like They Can't Kill us Until They Kill Us, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, and A Little Devil in America, which won the Andrew Carnegie medal for nonfiction. I've been a guest on Hanif's podcast, Object of Sound, and I just love reading and hearing his thoughts about music. When I first started toying with the idea for this Key Change series, I was specifically excited about the idea that it could give me the...
2025-02-2631 min
podcast de Junio GuerraKey Change: Hanif Abdurraqib on The ClashKey Change is a conversation series within Song Exploder, where I talk to fascinating people about the music that's transformed them. My guest today is Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author of books like They Can't Kill us Until They Kill Us, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, and A Little Devil in America, which won the Andrew Carnegie medal for nonfiction. I've been a guest on Hanif's podcast, Object of Sound, and I just love reading and hearing his thoughts about music. When I first started toying with t...
2025-02-2632 min
Need A Lift? with Tim ShriverPractice Episode: Curating A Soundtrack for Your Life (And Feelings) with Hanif AbdurraqibAs a young child who often found delight in isolation, award-winning writer and cultural critic, Hanif Abdurraqib now regularly curates playlists as a way to connect with others as well as as well as himself. But for Hanif, a playlist is never just a list of songs. It's a carefully constructed narrative, a shared emotional experience, and a "catalog of excitements," creating a sonic world that other people can access. Like a writer weaving together a plot or a pastor crafting a sermon, Hanif sequences his playlists with intention, knowing that when one song is placed next to another...
2025-02-1939 min
Sacred ScandalIntroducing Marketplace: Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”To kick off Marketplace’s season premiere, we’re sharing a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Hanif Abdurraqib. He joins Reema for a wide-ranging discussion about the moral judgments often made regarding people’s financial circumstances, notions of success and legacy, and what it means to be “good” versus “bad” in an unequal world. Hanif also opens up about one of the most challenging financial moments of his life and his commitment to giving away a significant portion of his income.Hanif is an award-winning poet, cultural critic, and author from Columbus, Ohio. He’s written six books, sever...
2025-01-3036 min
City Arts & LecturesHanif Abdurraqib - EncoreSince his 2016 debut poetry collection The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing has earned him numerous accolades as a poet, essayist, and music critic. Easily moving from emotionally riveting examinations of Black identities to academic explorations of punk scenes to analyses of contemporary popular artists, Abdurraqib’s work is full of uninhibited curiosity, revolutionary honesty, and a singular intelligence. His first essay collection, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was named a best book of 2017 by NPR, Pitchfork, the Los Angeles Review, and Esquire. His new memoir, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball...
2024-12-151h 15
Notes from America with Kai WrightPresenting This is Uncomfortable: Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on what it Means to “Make it”This is Uncomfortable is a podcast from Marketplace. For their season premiere earlier in 2024, host Reema Khrais shared a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Hanif Abdurraqib, and we're excited to share it with you. He joins her for a wide-ranging conversation about the moral judgments we’re quick to make about people’s financial circumstances, notions of success and legacy, and what it means to be “good” versus “bad” in an unequal world. Abdurraqib also reveals one of the most challenging financial moments of his life and the reasons behind his commitment to giving away so much of his incom...
2024-11-2136 min
The Audio BrowserHanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it” Podcast: This Is Uncomfortable (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Hanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”Pub date: 2024-08-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFor our season premiere, we’re sharing a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Hanif Abdurraqib. He joins Reema for a wide-ranging conversation about the moral judgments we’re quick to make about people’s financial circumstances, notions of success and legacy, and what it means to be “good” versus “bad” in an unequal world. Han...
2024-09-1735 min
This Is UncomfortableHanif Abdurraqib on what it means to “make it”For our season premiere, we’re sharing a conversation with one of our favorite writers, Hanif Abdurraqib. He joins Reema for a wide-ranging conversation about the moral judgments we’re quick to make about people’s financial circumstances, notions of success and legacy, and what it means to be “good” versus “bad” in an unequal world. Hanif also reveals one of the most challenging financial moments of his life and the reasons behind his commitment to giving away so much of his income.Hanif is an award-winning poet, cultural critic and author from Columbus, Ohio...
2024-08-2235 min
Town Hall Seattle Arts & Culture Series266. Hanif Abdurraqib: Reflections on Basketball, Life, and HomeGrowing 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. In his new book, There's Always This Year, Abdurraqib tells his story of a lifelong love of the game with a lyrical, historical, and emotionally rich exploration of who we think deserves success, the tension between excellence and expectation, and the very notion of role models, woven together with intimate, personal storytelling. "Here is where I would like to tell you about the form on my fathe...
2024-08-141h 28
Reckon True StoriesHanif Abdurraqib on Basketball, Ohio, and the Art of the PlaylistDeesha and Kiese welcome acclaimed writer, poet, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension. They talk about music—the significance of music to their youth and their lives now, their listening practices, and Abdurraqib’s process of creating playlists. They also discuss basketball and what is so special, so singular, about Columbus in terms of high school basketball. Deesha admits how she’s had to challenge her own notions of Ohio in regards to sports and to politics, and Abdurraqib talks about the joys and the frustrations of place, of community, and of...
2024-07-2349 min
BandsplainSoundgarden: Part 2 with Hanif AbdurraqibHanif and Yasi are back, as we find Soundgarden on the precipice of releasing their super well known album Superunknown. The vibes? They are not always impeccable, but the songs are phenomenal. Listen as we trace the back half of the Soundgarden catalog, from Superunknown and the underrated Down on the Upside through their reunion album and the Audioslave and solo records in between.
Follow Hanif Abdurraqib on Twitter @NifMuhammad
Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE
Host: Yasi Salek
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2024-07-182h 42
BandsplainSoundgarden: Part 2 with Hanif AbdurraqibHanif and Yasi are back, as we find Soundgarden on the precipice of releasing their super well known album Superunknown. The vibes? They are not always impeccable, but the songs are phenomenal. Listen as we trace the back half of the Soundgarden catalog, from Superunknown and the underrated Down on the Upside through their reunion album and the Audioslave and solo records in between. Follow Hanif Abdurraqib on Twitter @NifMuhammadListen to songs we detail in the episode HEREHost: Yasi SalekG...
2024-07-182h 43
BandsplainSoundgarden: Part 1 with Hanif AbdurraqibOne of the earlier bands to form in what would become the biggest music scene of the 90s, Soundgarden started up in Seattle in 1984 when two friends from Illinois named Kim and Hiro formed a band with a local drummer named Chris. The band blended influences and styles from post punk and new wave to Beatles and metal, slowly forming a sound that was all their own. Along the way Chris Cornell took the front, took off his shirt, and the band started to take off, especially with the addition of a few new band members. Soundgarden brought the...
2024-07-113h 49BandsplainSoundgarden: Part 1 with Hanif AbdurraqibOne of the earlier bands to form in what would become the biggest music scene of the 90s, Soundgarden started up in Seattle in 1984 when two friends from Illinois named Kim and Hiro formed a band with a local drummer named Chris. The band blended influences and styles from post punk and new wave to Beatles and metal, slowly forming a sound that was all their own. Along the way Chris Cornell took the front, took off his shirt, and the band started to take off, especially with the addition of a few new band members. Soundgarden brought the...
2024-07-113h 49
Switched on PopBegging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib)There's no music writer like the essayist and poet Hanif Abdurraqib: whether he's narrating the beautiful awkwardness of a Carly Rae Jepsen concert or talking jazz and eastern spirituality with Andre 3000, he manages to coax stories and insights out of songs in a way that never fails to surprise. His latest book, There's Always This Year, is a free flowing meditation on basketball, childhood, his home state of Ohio, and of course, music – so on the precipice of the NBA finals, Hanif returns to Switched On Pop to discuss classic soul, sports, and sound with musicologist Nate Sloan.
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2024-06-0429 min
Switched on PopBegging songs and basketball's musicality (with Hanif Abdurraqib)There's no music writer like the essayist and poet Hanif Abdurraqib: whether he's narrating the beautiful awkwardness of a Carly Rae Jepsen concert or talking jazz and eastern spirituality with Andre 3000, he manages to coax stories and insights out of songs in a way that never fails to surprise. His latest book, There's Always This Year, is a free flowing meditation on basketball, childhood, his home state of Ohio, and of course, music – so on the precipice of the NBA finals, Hanif returns to Switched On Pop to discuss classic soul, sports, and sound with musicologist Nate Sloan.Y...
2024-06-0429 min
The Windham-Campbell Prizes PodcastHanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor's THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACEHanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, writing about cities, the importance of community, and more.Reading list: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor • Mama Day by Gloria Naylor • Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor • Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell • The Easy Rawlins novels by Walter Mosley • Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillanFor a full episode transcript, click here.Hanif Abdurraqib is the auth...
2024-05-2935 min
The Windham-Campbell Prizes PodcastHanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor's THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACEHanif Abdurraqib (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction) joins Michael Kelleher to discuss his love for Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, writing about cities, the importance of community, and more.Reading list: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor • Mama Day by Gloria Naylor • Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor • Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell • The Easy Rawlins novels by Walter Mosley • Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillanFor a full episode transcript, click here.Hanif Abdurraqib is the auth...
2024-05-2935 min
Page CountPage Count Live with Hanif Abdurraqib & Jacqueline WoodsonIn a special episode recorded before a live audience at the 2024 Ohioana Book Festival, Jacqueline Woodson and Hanif Abdurraqib discuss their latest books, their artistic influences, how they define “making it” as a writer, what it was like to win the MacArthur Fellowship, how they navigate their public roles as authors, how libraries impacted their lives, and more.
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of the poetry collections The Crown Ain’t Worth Much and A Fortune for Your Disaster. His nonfiction titles include Go Ahead i...
2024-05-2140 min
BPL PodcastHanif Abdurraqib on Basketball and AscensionWe are excited to invite Hanif Abdurraqib back to the podcast to discuss writing, building community around art, and basketball! Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio whose new book "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension" is both an Indie and New York Times bestseller.
Hanif will return to the library on June 6th, in conversation with poet and essayist Franny Choi, as a part of Bexley Centennial Author Series. We hope to see you there!
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" f...
2024-05-1039 min
Behind the Mic With Kirkus ReviewsTHERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR by Hanif Abdurraqib, read by Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib’s latest book is a transcendent feat of poetry, memoir, and—well, magic. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Abdurraqib’s mesmerizing narration and rich writing. His narration is as breathless and beautiful as his prose, and you can hear the love in his voice as he performs it. It’s an ode to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio; a love letter to basketball; a meditation on home and belonging; and an exploration of faith, Blackness, music, and place. He delivers every word as if it is a matter of life and death. A masterpiec...
2024-04-2407 min
Libro.fm PodcastInterview with Hanif Abdurraqib (Author of 'There's Always This Year')In this episode, we interview author Hanif Abdurraqib about his new book, "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension," his writing process, and the themes of aging and mortality in his book. We also discuss his upcoming tour and the importance of place and community in his work, as well as his favorite style of french fry.
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2024-04-2300 minCity Arts & LecturesHanif AbdurraqibSince his 2016 debut poetry collection The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, Hanif Abdurraqib’s writing has earned him numerous accolades as a poet, essayist, and music critic. Easily moving from emotionally riveting examinations of Black identities to academic explorations of punk scenes to analyses of contemporary popular artists, Abdurraqib’s work is full of uninhibited curiosity, revolutionary honesty, and a singular intelligence. His first essay collection, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was named a best book of 2017 by NPR, Pitchfork, the Los Angeles Review, and Esquire. His new memoir, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and...
2024-04-211h 15
Vulgar GeniusesHanif AbdurraqibThree years have passed since Hanif Abdurraqib's essay collection Little Devil In America tackled the subject of Black performance in American culture. In his newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, Hanif asks readers to sit with the idea of the common enemy, one which he defines as a person who might interrupt the affection of anyone we love.
Hanif presents us with a love story for his home state of Ohio, basketball, and frames it within the window of success and interruption. Woven within the stories of basketball greats and unknowns who fall...
2024-04-1258 min
CBS Mornings on the GoSinger Marcus King on Mental Health Journey | Hanif Abdurraqib on New BookThe Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an abortion law from the 1860s that is a near-total ban. There is no exception for rape or incest, the law says, but is an exception to save the life of the mother. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the 4-2 decision.The Biden administration has announced the first-ever national standard for drinking water. The White House says it will protect 100 million Americans from harmful chemicals coming out of their taps.Americans estimate they’ll need $1.46 million saved to retire comfortably, according to a new study. That’s a...
2024-04-1038 min
CBS Mornings on the GoSinger Marcus King on Mental Health Journey | Hanif Abdurraqib on New Book
The Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an abortion law from the 1860s that is a near-total ban. There is no exception for rape or incest, the law says, but is an exception to save the life of the mother. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the 4-2 decision.The Biden administration has announced the first-ever national standard for drinking water. The White House says it will protect 100 million Americans from harmful chemicals coming out of their taps.Americans estimate they’ll need $1.46 million saved to retire comfortably, according to a new study. That’s a...
2024-04-1041 min
Poured OverHanif Abdurraqib on THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEARThere's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib plays with time and memory, intimacy and vulnerability, going away and coming home — and leaves everything on the court. Abdurraqib joins us to talk about Ohio, bravery in writing, nostalgia and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib They...
2024-03-2652 min
Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif AbdurraqibPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/697220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension Author: Hanif Abdurraqib Narrator: Hanif Abdurraqib Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 26, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America “Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read, period.”—Steve Ja...
2024-03-2610 min
Columbia House PartyDescendents: Hardcore Comes to California (ft. Hanif Abdurraqib)In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad, abdurraqib.com) to discuss the seminal 1982 Descendents album Milo Goes to College. It’s a wider-ranging chat than usual, thanks to Hanif’s incredible insight and thoughtfulness about how and why we connect with music at different stages. Find out more about the album’s iconic artwork, how we deal with problematic lyrics nearly 40 years later, and whether Milo actually went to college on this week’s podcast. Sick of hearing all the ads? Sub...
2024-03-251h 02
Close ReadingsHanif Abdurraqib on Umang Kalra ("Job Security")A conversation I've been wanting to have for a long time: Hanif Abdurraqib joins the podcast to talk about Umang Kalra's poem "Job Security."Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, A Fortune for Your Disaster, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and The Crown Ain't Worth Much. He has a new book coming out in March, 2024: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and...
2023-11-201h 13
terong wulung[Pdf] [download] They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib [Pdf] [download] They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib Read Online They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/33947154-they-can-t-kill-us-until-they-kill-us **Download Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/33947154-they-can-t-kill-us-until-they-kill-us Book Synopsis : In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that...
2023-09-0100 min
terongmalas[Pdf] [download] They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib [Pdf] [download] They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib Read Online They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/33947154-they-can-t-kill-us-until-they-kill-us **Download Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/33947154-they-can-t-kill-us-until-they-kill-us Book Synopsis : In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that...
2023-09-0100 min
The Archive ProjectHanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, & Leslie Jamison with Alano Club of Portland (Rebroadcast)In this episode of The Archive Project, we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.
Alano Club director of development and community engagement Kasey Anderson emceed an evening with writers Leslie Jamison, Kaveh Akbar, and Hanif Abdurraqib...
2023-08-2152 min
The Stephen Satterfield ShowThe Poet with Hanif AbdurraqibOn today's episode, Stephen chats with Hanif Abdurraqib, an award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, A Little Devil In America (Random House, 2021) was a winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Gordon Burn Prize. In 2021, Abdurraqib was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.Stephen and Hanif talk about his work as a poet, how he got his new role at the New Yorker and most importantly, what makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie. You can also check out Hanif’s passion project 68to05.com wh...
2023-06-2129 min
That's How I Remember ItHanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is my guest on this episode of That's How I Remember It. Hanif is the author of two poetry collections and three non-fiction books, all of which have garnered critical acclaim and awards. We spoke a lot about his most recent book 2021’s A Little Devil in America as well as touring as an author, discovering MTV, dancing in school, "Don’t Stop Believing," geographic memory, and much much more. Great talk, was thrilled to have Hanif join me. Lots more coming up, please listen and subscribe.
2023-04-2651 minThe Archive ProjectHanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, & Leslie Jamison with Alano Club of PortlandIn this episode of The Archive Project, we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.
Alano Club director of development and community engagement Kasey Anderson emceed an evening with writers Leslie Jamison, Kaveh Akbar, and Hanif Abdurraqib...
2023-04-0352 minBPL PodcastCelebrating Toni Morrison with Hanif Abdurraqib and Dionne Custer EdwardsA celebration of Toni Morrison with two of Ohio’s most revered poets and authors as Hanif Abdurraqib and Dionne Custer Edwards discuss the influences of Toni Morrison’s work on their own and celebrate the importance of her legacy as writers and Ohioans.
Toni Morrison Day is celebrated on February 18th in Ohio, commemorating the birth of the literary giant and possibly “the greatest Ohioan we’ve ever had,” as Hanif Abdurraqib remembers her. Morrison often used Ohio as a setting for her novels, from examining the influences and disparities of White and Black families living in post-De...
2023-02-201h 08
Alex + KokuEp 38: Lineage of Care (ft. Hanif Abdurraqib)We're closing out 2022 with a dream guest: Columbus, Ohio's own Hanif Abdurraqib! You probably know Hanif from one of his critically acclaimed essay collections, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (2017) & A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (2021), or his 2019 book, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on A Tribe Called Quest. Hanif has also written two poetry collections, The Crown Ain't Worth Much in 2016 & A Fortune for Your Disaster in 2019, in addition to having essays and music criticism published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.
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2022-12-221h 12
Books Are Pop CultureBAPC | Hanif Abdurraqib | Episode 67 | "Gatekeeping"BAPC x Hanif Abdurraqib
The first time Hanif Abdurraqib joined Reggie and Akili they did it big, to the point that it was the biggest episode in the history of Books Are Pop Culture. So the three fellas got together, this time to converse about the 5 year anniversary release of They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and did it bigger.
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2022-12-151h 36
LongformRerun: #481 Hanif Abdurraqib (Mar 2022)Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and critic whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. His latest book is A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance.“I learn from hearing my elders tell stories. There’s an inherent knowing of yourself as a vessel for narration who also has to—is required to—hold the attention of others at all costs. And that’s essentially what I’m trying to do. The broader project of my writing is almost a constant pleading of: Don’t leave yet. Stay h...
2022-11-2349 min
Poetry SpotlightHanif Abdurraqib: Poetry of Responsible CurationColumbus bard Hanif Abdurraqib discusses the evolving music scene in central Ohio, his podcast The Object of Sound, and his newest book project which heavily involves aviation in our state.
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2022-09-2952 min
Call Out CulturePodcast Bloody Podcast: Master of Reality Feat. Hanif Abdurraqib and Savannah HarrisThis week we are joined by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib and New York City-based drummer, composer, and producer Savannah Harris.
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2022-07-231h 00
Real Ballers Read35. The Art of Pursuing Permanence with Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib was just a twelve-year-old in the 90's when he picked up Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell for the first time; he was probably too young to be reading the book and certainly too young to understand all of what captivated him so much about the book. But Hanif kept coming back to Your Blues Ain't Like Mine every couple of years, and it slowly shifted his own understandings of language, sympathy, and death—all the way up to and during this conversation in 2022. In this episode, we talk about the incredible gift that Yo...
2022-05-071h 26Real Ballers Read35. The Art of Pursuing Permanence with Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib was just a twelve-year-old in the 90's when he picked up Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell for the first time; he was probably too young to be reading the book and certainly too young to understand all of what captivated him so much about the book. But Hanif kept coming back to Your Blues Ain't Like Mine every couple of years, and it slowly shifted his own understandings of language, sympathy, and death—all the way up to and during this conversation in 2022. In this episode, we talk about the incredible gift that Yo...
2022-05-071h 26
Ask PenguinHanif Abdurraqib with Nihal ArthanayakeThis week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal Arthanayake is joined by award-winning writer and poet, Hanif AbdurraqibHanif speaks to Nihal about his most recent work of nonfiction, A little Devil in America, which won the 2021 Gorden Burn Prize. They also discuss how Hanif manages to write 25000 words a month, how important Soul Train was to Black American culture, his reasons for disliking the Academy Award-winning film, Green Book, and also what he feels went wrong with The Chapelle Show.Don't forget to follow the show so you never miss an episode, and...
2022-04-2034 minLongformEpisode 481: Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and critic whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. His new book is A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance.“I learn from hearing my elders tell stories. There’s an inherent knowing of yourself as a vessel for narration who also has to—is required to—hold the attention of others at all costs. And that’s essentially what I’m trying to do. The broader project of my writing is almost a constant pleading of: Don’t leave yet. Stay h...
2022-03-2352 minPoured OverHanif Abdurraqib on A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA: NOTES IN PRAISE OF BLACK PERFORMANCE"The book's title comes from Josephine Baker's speech at the March on Washington … she was speaking to a crowd that was younger, and maybe did not know her from her heyday of performance. And she compels them to go and ask their parents and grandparents about her and the system, They'll tell you that I was a devil and they'll be right. I was a devil in other countries. And I was a little devil in America, too." Hanif Abdurraqib — MacArthur genius grant recipient, National Book Award finalist and winner of a Carnegie Medal from the American Library Association — joins us on t...
2022-03-0837 min
Pop Culture Hill"That's Not My Name", a Pop Punk Masterpiece by Hanif Abdurraqib, and a Juno Debate!This week, Siobhan talks about how a TikTok trend with a catchy song led her to explore the subtle ways that mispronouncing names can impact identity and self-perception. Then Claire jumps in to highlight the essay "Fall Out Boy Forever" from Hanif Abdurraqib's They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and how perfectly it captures pop punk nostalgia. Finally, Claire and Siobhan both come to the table to discuss "Juno" and settle an age-old debate about what exactly Diablo Cody wrote about choice. It's a week of deep discussion that lead to some hot takes, so dive on...
2022-02-241h 35
155Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" (feat. Hanif Abdurraqib)FOBruary week 2 sees us talking about The Hit with Fall Out Boy expert Hanif Abdurraqib! Hanif shows up around 2:18:43. Follow Hanif on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NifMuhammad Pweeeeeze support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/155pod
2022-02-102h 47Columbia House PartyThe '80s: Descendents — Milo Goes To College (w/ Hanif Abdurraqib)In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad, abdurraqib.com) to discuss the seminal 1982 Descendents album Milo Goes to College. It’s a wider-ranging chat than usual, thanks to Hanif’s incredible insight and thoughtfulness about how and why we connect with music at different stages. Find out more about the album’s iconic artwork, how we deal with problematic lyrics nearly 40 years later, and whether Milo actually went to college on this week’s podcast. Come join the Patreon family for bonu...
2022-01-171h 02
Object Of SoundChristmas At Home with Hanif Abdurraqib (feat. Hrishikesh Hirway and She & Him)Welcome to our first ever holiday special, ‘Christmas At Home with Hanif Abdurraqib’ an hour long deep dive into the world of Christmas Music. Whether you’re flooded with warm nostalgia at the first beat of Jingle Bells, or like Hanif didn’t grow up with the holiday but are nonetheless enchanted by the aesthetics of it, this episode is for you. We’ve invited special guests Hrishikesh Hirway and the duo She & Him on the show to talk about Christmas standards, eggnog, and lay praise at the feet of Mariah Carey. Plus we hear from listeners from across the countr...
2021-12-1749 min
Birmingham Lit Fest Presents….Season 2: Hanif Abdurraqib in Conversation with Casey BaileyIn this week’s episode we welcome American essayist, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib, who talks to our very own Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey about his latest book, A Little Devil in America. Hanif’s book offers a beautiful insight into the history of black performance and culture in America, including cultural icons such as Josephine Baker, Aretha Franklin and Dave Chappelle. Join Hanif and Casey as they talk about the process of writing a book that combines memoir with history and that is a real love letter to black cultural art and performance. You can...
2021-10-0735 min
Love Hate RelationshipHanif Abdurraqib, The Olympics, Dr. Jean Milburn
Love: Hanif Abdurraqib
Alex uses his Love time to talk up poet, cultural critic, and music journalist extraordinaire, Hanif Abdurraqib. He reads a selection of his work, discusses his expertise on music ranging from Fall Out Boy and Stevie Nicks to Carly Rae Jepson and the Weeknd to Celine Dion and the Four Seasons, and the tragedy that more people haven’t heard of this quiet genius from Columbus. Andy meanwhile calls out stereotyping about names and cultures and adits to casually liking A Tribe Called Quest.
Hate: The Olympics
Andy takes the Ha...
2021-08-031h 33
Love Hate RelationshipHanif Abdurraqib, The Olympics, Dr. Jean MilburnLove: Hanif Abdurraqib
Alex uses his Love time to talk up poet, cultural critic, and music journalist extraordinaire, Hanif Abdurraqib. He reads a selection of his work, discusses his expertise on music ranging from Fall Out Boy and Stevie Nicks to Carly Rae Jepson and the Weeknd to Celine Dion and the Four Seasons, and the tragedy that more people haven't heard of this quiet genius from Columbus. Andy meanwhile calls out stereotyping about names and cultures and adits to casually liking A Tribe Called Quest.
Hate: The Olympics
Andy takes the Hate...
2021-08-031h 33
Switched on PopSummer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)Lorde's new song "Solar Power" set the internet ablaze when it dropped from out of nowhere in June. Some fans found the song to be a buoyant departure from Lorde's last release, Melancholy, while others thought the track felt half-baked. On top of that, listeners questioned the song's provenance — had Lorde cribbed too closely from 90s hitmakers like Primal Scream and George Michael?
To listen closely to "Solar Power" and unpack its polarizing sounds, we needed to speak to someone with an unerring ear and a razor-sharp mind: the author, poet, and host of Object of Sound, Ha...
2021-07-1632 min
Switched on PopSummer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)Lorde's new song "Solar Power" set the internet ablaze when it dropped from out of nowhere in June. Some fans found the song to be a buoyant departure from Lorde's last release, Melodrama, while others thought the track felt half-baked. On top of that, listeners questioned the song's provenance — had Lorde cribbed too closely from 90s hitmakers like Primal Scream and George Michael?To listen closely to "Solar Power" and unpack its polarizing sounds, we needed to speak to someone with an unerring ear and a razor-sharp mind: the author, poet, and host of Ob...
2021-07-1631 min
The Root Presents: It's Lit!38. Hanif Abdurraqib Illuminates the History of Black Entertainment With ‘A Little Devil in America’This week we're speaking with award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. Hanif's previous works have garnered widespread praise, including 2017's Book of the Year They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and his 2019 New York Times bestseller Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest. Hanif's latest book, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, explores the varied individual histories of Black entertainers, and we had the pleasure of speaking with him about the impact of Soul Train, his deep admiration for Josephine Baker, and the joy he derived...
2021-06-1031 min
Small Joys with Hanif AbdurraqibWelcome to Small Joys!WOSU's new podcast is Small Joys with Hanif Abdurraqib. In each episode, best-selling author Hanif Abdurraqib talks with artists and writers about the little things that inspire us in our daily lives.
2021-06-0303 min
The Sleeper HitHanif Abdurraqib and Grind (2003) Hanif Abdurraqib is a writer from the east side of Columbus, Ohio. His latest book is A Little Devil In America. Games: Over/Under Secret Snack Best Buy Connect with Hanif: His Website His written works and where to buy them. His Instagram Reach out for booking or brand partnerships Here Hanif's Pop-culture plug: Girlhood, by Melissa Febos (The link will take you to Amazon, but please support your local bookstores!) --- Follow Meryl on Twitter @MerylWilliams and Instagram @merylkwilliams. Subscribe to the Sleeper Hit for more from Meryl! https...
2021-05-3131 min
Millennials Are Killing CapitalismHanif Abdurraqib & Fred Moten - "Building a Stairway to Get Us Closer to Something Beyond this Place"This is a dialogue between Hanif Abdurraqib and Fred Moten. Hanif Abdurraqib has been on the show twice before, but we really have not done a proper episode to honor his work. So we wanted to figure out a unique way to commemorate the release of A Little Devil In America: Notes In Praise of Black Performance. It dawned on us that a lot of Fred Moten's work was wrestling with many of the same questions explored in Hanif's. So we invited both of them to join us in a dialogue, and they both graciously accepted.
2021-05-132h 27The Archive ProjectHanif Abdurraqib, Clint Smith, & Anis MojganiThis episode of The Archive Project is part of an ongoing series featuring conversations curated and lead by Oregon’s Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani. Anis invited two writers to join him in conversation. Both are primarily poets, but have recently authored books of nonfiction about the intersection of American history, culture, and the African-American experience.
Hanif Abdurraqib is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, in addition to a chapbook. He is perhaps most famous for Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and wa...
2021-05-1052 min
On Being with Krista TippettHanif Abdurraqib — Moments of Shared WitnessingHanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and jazz, we hear Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and Little Richard. Music and performance of every kind are the source of his fascination, focus and wisdom: what makes people cry, or feel safe, or brave; held in struggle, joy, or love. Hanif is interviewed by our colleague, Pádraig Ó Tuama, a poet himself and the host of On Being Studios’ Poetry Unbound podcast, now in its third season...
2021-04-2950 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Hanif Abdurraqib with Pádraig Ó TuamaHanif Abdurraqib’s writing is filled with lyricism, rhythm, people and precision. In his essays and poetry, he introduces readers to a soundscape of Black performance and Black joy: we hear hip-hop and jazz, we hear Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and Little Richard. Music and performance of every kind are the source of his fascination, focus and wisdom: what makes people cry, or feel safe, or brave; held in struggle, joy, or love. Hanif is interviewed by our colleague, Pádraig Ó Tuama, a poet himself and the host of On Being Studios’ Poetry Unbound podcast, now in its third season...
2021-04-291h 26
Poetry UnboundHanif Abdurraqib — When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Journey Record Before Leaving The House One Morning And Never Coming BackMusic works a kind of poetry in us. This poem is like a mix-tape of Hanif Abdurraqib’s memories, complete with a soundtrack that’s as roaring as it is tender. An adult now, he remembers moments of grief and growth in the adults of his childhood, and how Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” opens up more than just those memories. In a poem that you can almost dance along with, Hanif wraps other people’s griefs — and his own — into language that uplifts.Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been p...
2021-04-2616 minThe StacksEp. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif AbdurraqibOn this week's episode we're joined by Hanif Abdurraqib. Hanif is an author, poet, music and cultural critic, and the host of the podcast Object of Sound. We talk today about his newest book, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance. We talk today about how Hanif expanded the definition of performance, restraint as a tool in writing, and finding gratitude amidst grief. Click here to be part of The Stacks fundraiser for Million Book Project.You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: ...
2021-04-211h 07
Fully Booked by Kirkus ReviewsHanif AbdurraqibPoet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib discusses ‘A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance’ (Random House, March 30), a sublime essay collection Kirkus calls “another winner from Abdurraqib, a writer always worth paying attention to” (starred review). Then our editors offer their reading recommendations for the week, with books by Kyle Lukoff, Paula Yoo, Malcolm Gladwell, and Elizabeth McCracken.
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2021-04-2048 min
54LightsPost Script with Hanif AbdurraqibIn the most highly anticipated episode in our 3 seasons, we are joined in our virtual studios by award-winning author Hanif Abdurraqib. The lyrical genius who’s authored popular bestsellers such as Go Ahead in The Rain, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, A Fortune For Your Disaster and The Crown Ain’t Worth Much met with us to share his perspective on writing and the creative process.
Hanif is a poet, essayist and culture critic based in Columbus, Ohio. The gifted creative spoke to us about the genesis of his passion - which was a skill...
2021-04-0742 min
Step Inside An Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.A Little Devil in America by Hanif AbdurraqibPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/85023to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Little Devil in America
Author: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrator: JD Jackson
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 03-30-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 248 ratings
Genres: History & Criticism
Publisher's Summary:
“I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and best-selling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture...
2021-03-309h 38
It's Been a MinuteHanif Abdurraqib's Rabbit Holes Into Great Black PerformanceHanif Abdurraqib's latest book is A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance. In it, Abdurraqib researches the impact of Black performers on American culture throughout the past several hundred years, touching on everything from minstrel shows to Soul Train, the concept of the "Magical Negro," and playing spades. Sam talks to Abdurraqib about lesser-known performers like Ellen Armstrong, the first Black woman magician, and they revisit the mythology of household names like Whitney Houston. Plus, they share aspects of Black performance they've missed most in this pandemic year.You can follow us on Twitter...
2021-03-3025 min
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism"I Am Not The Person You Remember" - In Memoriam Of MF DOOM with Hanif AbdurraqibThis is a special episode we're going to release through Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. Just to be clear, this episode is not about politics or social movements and falls outside of what we usually do here. Hanif Abdurraqib and Jay talk about Daniel Dumile, better known as MF DOOM. Like lots of people, we were really sad to hear of DOOMs passing and just wanted to reflect on his life and some of the many things that we will remember about DOOM. Jay's partner in this dialogue, Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural...
2021-01-131h 22
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryTin House Live : Writing Pop Culture with Shayla Lawson & Hanif AbdurraqibJoin poet-essayists Hanif Abdurraqib & Shayla Lawson for an extended conversation on writing pop culture (and so much more). This conversation was recorded at the 2020 Tin House Writers Workshop. Shayla’s most recent book is This is Major: Notes on Diana Ross, Dark Girls and Being Dope & Hanif’s next book is A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance.
Don’t miss Hanif’s first appearance on Between the Covers as well, for his most recent poetry collection from Tin House Books, A Fortune for your Disaster, a great follow-up to today’s episode.
2020-11-251h 13
Heat RocksHanif Abdurraqib on The Beach Boys' "Surf's Up" (1971)The Beach Boys are often regarded as one of the most prolific and influential American bands of all time. However, the group has has its fair share of missteps and controversies over the years. They found early commercial success with songs like "Surfin' USA" and "I Get Around" and critical success with the album Pet Sounds. As time went on and the musical landscape changed, the band struggled to find their voice. Their follow up albums flopped commercially and critically, inner turmoil created division in the band, and rumor was that they were on the brink of breaking up....
2020-10-1647 min
Poetry CenteredHanif Abdurraqib: A Brilliant UnfurlingHanif Abdurraqib presents poems that offer listeners an invitation to reflection via rich details, repetition, and rhythm. He discusses his admiration for Ross Gay’s tenderness (“To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian”), shares a long poem by Juliana Spahr that creatively engages with the political (“Gentle Now, Don’t Add to Heartache”), and praises Yona Harvey’s tenderness and nuanced understanding of violence (“Hurricane”). Abdurraqib closes by reading his poem “Someone Brought You into This World and Someone Can Take You.”Listen to the full recordings of Gay, Spahr, and Harvey reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:Ro...
2020-07-2928 min
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism"Community Is An Intentional Act" - Hanif AbdurraqibIn this episode we interview Hanif Abdurraqib. Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. Among other things, he is the best-selling and award winning author of Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest, A Forture For Your Disaster, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and The Crown Ain't Worth Much. We talk to Hanif about writing, music and influences. And we move into a discussion of his own politics, and he touches on his own experiences with homelessness, eviction, and brief incarceration. We also talk...
2020-07-271h 11City Arts & LecturesHanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic. Abdurraqib’s writing fuses cultural commentary
with intimate poetic language. His subjects – everything from A Tribe Called Quest to his own childhood in Columbus, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen to Muhammad Ali. Abdurraqib’s latest collection is “A Fortune for Your Disaster”, which wrestles with histories both personal and shared, the process of rebuilding after
heartbreak, and the people and things that helped us heal. On May 29, 2020, just as protests were breaking out across the country after the death of George Floyd, Hanif Abdurraqib spoke via videoconference with the journalist and music criti...
2020-06-211h 08
Dad Bod Rap PodA Tribe Called Quest Tribute with guests Hanif Abdurraqib & Prince Paul
We are celebrating the milestone of reaching 100 episodes of Dad Bod Rap Pod by focusing our attention on one of the greatest rap groups of all time, A Tribe Called Quest. They are monumentally important to the development of hip-hop music and culture in general but also in our personal lives.
First up, we have an in-depth interview with Hanif Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest. The book is one of the few books on the the golden age of rap that takes the listener’s perspective into account an...
2020-01-091h 49
Keep the Channel OpenFrom the Archive: Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib is a poet from Columbus, Ohio. For today's episode I was pleased to talk to Hanif about his 2016 book The Crown Ain't Worth Much, one of my favorite reads of 2016. The poems in this book are an intensely personal account of his experiences growing up in Columbus, and in our conversation we talked about Hanif's approach to writing from experience, and how art can engender empathy. We also talked about music, a subject he's very familiar with as a music and culture writer for MTV News. For the second segment, we talked about a subject near and...
2019-12-1859 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesHanif Abdurraqib, "A FORTUNE FOR YOUR DISASTER"In A Fortune For Your Disaster, his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It’s a book about a mother’s death, and admitting that Michael Jordan pushed off, about forgiveness, and how none of the author’s black friends wanted to listen to “Don’t Stop Believin’.” It’s about wrestling with histories, personal and shared. Abdurraqib uses touchstones from the...
2019-10-3153 min
Studio 360 with Kurt AndersenGuest host Hanif Abdurraqib!The writer and poet Hanif Abdurraqib fills in for Kurt Andersen. Hanif talks to fellow writer — and fellow proud Midwesterner — Ashley C. Ford about some of her inspirations, including Toni Morrison (who, yes, was also from the Midwest). Then, with the Notorious B.I.G.’s hip hop classic “Ready to Die” turning 25 this week, we hear from one of its producers, Easy Mo Bee, and music writers Cheo Hodari Coker and Sowmya Krishnamurthy, about how the album first landed — and how its impact is still profound. Finally, Hanif talks with Laetitia Tamko, the indie rock innovator and multi-instrumentalist who performs...
2019-09-1250 min
LA Review of BooksHanif Abdurraqib's Love Letters to A Tribe Called Quest & Claire Vaye Watkins' Desert FuturismIn the first of a series of shows from the Los Angles Festival of Books, Eric, Medaya, and Kate, catch up with two friends of the show: Hanif Abdurraqib and Claire Vaye Watkins. First up, Hanif talks about his new book, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, an epistolary appreciation of one of the most influential groups in Hip Hop history. As always, Hanif astounds with instant recall of, and insights about, all things pop cultural and their social resonance. Then, Claire joins the team to discuss her heralded first novel, Gold Fame Citrus: a...
2019-05-2439 min
The Poet SalonHanif Abdurraqib + SpriteIt's goin up on a Tuesday, dearest listener, and for this week's episode we get into it with the inimitable Hanif Abdurraqib about sneakers, slashes, and suffering for one's art. Mmhmmm. But first your favs chat it up about how many rejections we can take before letting go of a dream journal...
HANIF ABDURRAQIB is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first full-length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in 2016 from Button Poetry, was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy A...
2019-05-1451 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentGo Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif AbdurraqibPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest Author: Hanif Abdurraqib Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces. This narrative follows Tribe from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to...
2019-03-0503 min