Defector | The last good website. [Unofficial]One Must Imagine Sisyphus Dunking, With Hanif Abdurraqib
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zeldman20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
Longreads"We have recently been talking about poems of joyful accumulation—poems that begin with some small affection, which leads to a sort of snowballing of pleasure, of happy revelation, even if the revelation begins with a slight ache, a memory of someone who is no longer here, or a place that is not what it once was." —Hanif Abdurraqib for The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/in-defense-of-despair
Year-End ListsWashington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024
#HanifAbdurraqib / #AnnPowers / #ElisaGabbert / #JonathanBlitzer / ...
https://www.yearendlists.com/2024/washington-post-50-notable-works-of-nonfiction-from-2024
Jessica CanadyI have never written in a book before.
Highlighting or marking up books was verboten, to me. Growing up on the edge of poor meant possessions were treasured, not to be vandalized.
Tonight I highlighted passages in THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR by Hanif Abdurraqib. Granted, one of them referenced my now-shuttered high school, but still. His writing speaks loudly to me.
Just finished listening to the latest THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE featuring an interview with Hanif Abdurraqib, one of my absolute favorite writers. You should listen too.
#HanifAbdurraqib #Columbus #GloryToColumbus #Poetry #Writing #JustListenDammit
DispactkéLoved the hell out of this book by Hanif Abdurraqib ― poetic, deep, DEEP dive into the spirituality of ballin' culture: community hoops; high school; neighborhood cement black top. Wistful remembrances of what it's like to grow up in places one fights to "get away from" ― memories of the terror and the glory and all the loveliness of said places. Very moving. Bravo. (And fuck our enemies, who don't KNOW.)
BarbChamberlainRead this for poetry and for protest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/ordinaryplots/p/ws-merwins-to-the-blank-spaces?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2t69m
#poetry #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #protest #dissent #FreePalestine #WSMerwin #DevinKelly #HanifAbdurraqib #RossGay #AnnaKornbluh #ColumbiaUniversity #StudentSolidarity #Gaza #JohnCage #music #listening #birds #silence
Andrew Shields
Hanif Abdurraqib – “There’s Always This Year” | The Daily Show
benjamin shaykinBay Area! Surely somebody wants my ticket to see Hanif Abdurraqib at City Arts & Lectures on April 3! I have a ticket but I also have a conflict, and I’d hate to see it go to waste. Even includes a copy of his new book! https://www.cityarts.net/event/hanif-abdurraqib-2/
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