Ep. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif Abdurraqib

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On 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.

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0:34.6	MUSIC
0:42.9	Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books
0:45.1	and the people who read them.
0:46.4	I'm your host, Tracey Thomas, and our guest today
0:49.1	is Hanif Abdulurkib.
0:50.9	Hanif is an author, poet, music, and cultural critic,
0:54.4	and now a podcaster.
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