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Hanif Abdurraqib

March 10, 2023

Hanif Abdurraqib (born August 25, 1983) is an American poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is the author of 2016 poetry collection The Crown Ain't Worth Much (published as Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib),[1] the 2017 essay collection They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, the 2019 non-fiction book,[2] Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on A Tribe Called Quest on the American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest,[3] the 2019 poetry collection A Fortune for Your Disaster,[4] and the 2021 essay collection A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance which received the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.[5][6] Go Ahead in the Rain was on the long list for the 2019 National Book Award.[7]

Hanif Abdurraqib
Abdurraqib in 2016
Born (1983-08-25) August 25, 1983 (age 39)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationPoet, music critic
GenrePoetry, essays, non-fiction
SubjectMusic, culture, identity
Notable worksThe Crown Ain't Worth Much
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Notable awardsMacArthur Fellow
Website
www.abdurraqib.com/

Early life

Abdurraqib was born on August 25, 1983, and raised in Columbus, Ohio.[8] He was raised Muslim.[9][10][11] He graduated from Beechcroft High School in 2001.[12] He then attended Capital University, where he earned a degree in marketing and played on the soccer team.[13]

Career

Poetry

Columbus is the setting for Abdurraqib's first book, a poetry collection called The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Button Poetry, July 2016).[14] Publishers Weekly's review noted, "When Willis-Abdurraqib meditates on the dangers of being young and black in America, the power of his poetry is undeniable".[15] The Indiana Review called the collection "expansive and rich...compassionate, elegiac."[16] Fusion called his "poetry a crash course in emotional honesty."[17] Writing of the collection's titular poem, The Huffington Post said Abdurraqib's "chilling take on black death is heartbreakingly true."[18]

Abdurraqib is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow. PBS's Articulate with Jim Cotter described Abdurraqib as "of a generation that is helping to redefine poetry".[19] Blavity called Abdurraqib one of "13 Young Black Poets You Should Know".[20] He is a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine[21] and a founder, with Eve Ewing, of the Echo Hotel poetry collective. He edited an anthology of poems about pop music called Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart (FreezeRay Press, 2015).[22] In April 2017 his chapbook Vintage Sadness had a limited edition release by Big Lucks, selling out its print run of 500 copies in just under six hours. In August 2017, he was named the managing editor of Button Poetry. On September 3, 2019, Tin House released Abdurraqib's second poetry collection, A Fortune for Your Disaster.[23][24][25]

Abdurraqib was a visiting poet teaching in the MFA program at Butler University during the fall of 2018.[26][27]

Prose

Abdurraqib's writing has appeared in The Fader, The New York Times, and Pitchfork,[28] as well as previously serving as a columnist at MTV News,[29] writing about music, culture, and identity. The Huffington Post named his essay on Fetty Wap's song "Trap Queen" to its list of "The Most Important Writing From People of Color in 2015."[30] Discussing Abdurraqib's essay on the late Muhammed Ali as inspiration to a generation of hip-hop artists, critic Ned Raggett called the piece a "standout" among the many elegies.[31]

Abdurraqib's essay collection They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us was published in November 2017 by Two Dollar Radio.[32] The Chicago Tribune named it to a list of "25 must-read books" for the fall of 2017[33] and Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, calling the collection "mesmerizing and deeply perceptive".[34] The book also received favorable reviews from the Chicago Tribune[35] and The Washington Post (where Pete Tosiello described They Can't Kill Us as "a breathtaking collection of largely music-focused essays"),[36] and The New York Times Magazine featured a passage from the collection in the magazine's "New Sentences" column.[37] A special five year anniversary edition of the collection will be released on November 15, 2022, featuring three new essays and an audiobook version recorded by Abdurraqib himself.

Abdurraqib published Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest in 2019 as part of University of Texas Press's American Music Series,[38][39] edited by Jessica Hopper, David Menconi, and Oliver Wang.[40] It debuted at number 13 on The New York Times bestseller list for paperback non-fiction[41] and received strongly favorable reviews from critics.[42][43] Reviewers stressed the accomplishment of integrating music history with both a broader history and a more personal one.[44] Writing for Publishers Weekly, Ed Nawotka called the book "part academic monograph on the group and its music, part pocket history of hip-hop, part memoir, and part epistolary elegy. It is a book that conveys the wonder of being a fan and the visceral impact of experiencing the feeling of having oneself reflected back in music and pop culture."[45] For NPR Lily Meyer praised Abdurraqib's "seemingly limitless capacity to share what moves him, which means that to read Go Ahead in the Rain, you don't need to be a Tribe Called Quest fan: Abdurraqib will make you one."[46] The book was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction[47] and longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.[48]

In January 2018, Abdurraqib announced he had signed a two-book deal with Random House;[49] announced as a nonfiction book They Don't Dance No' Mo' on the history of black performance in the United States, to be published in 2020[45] and an essay collection following up on They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us.[49]

About They Can't Kill Us, a review from Booklist wrote: "Abdurraqib writes with uninhibited curiosity and insight about music and its ties to culture and memory, life and death, on levels personal, political, and universal... Abdurraqib’s poignant critiques, a catalog of the current moment and all that preceded it, inspire us to listen with our whole selves."[50]

The first book in the Random House deal was retitled A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance and was released March 30, 2021.[51] A Little Devil received a starred prepublication review in Publishers Weekly, which wrote: "Filled with nuance and lyricism, Abdurraqib's luminous survey is stunning."[51] Kirkus called the book: "A thoughtful memoir rolled into a set of joined essays on life, death, and the Black experience in America....Another winner from Abdurraqib, a writer always worth paying attention to."[52] Abdurraqib himself describes A Little Devil in America as "a catalogue of excitements".[53] The book was awarded the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.[54] It was also awarded the 2021 Gordon Burn Prize.[55]

Honors

In 2017, Abdurraqib received an honorary degree in human ecology from the College of the Atlantic.[56] The Crown Ain't Worth Much was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award[57] and nominated for a 2017 Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.[58] They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us was named a best book of 2017 by numerous outlets, including NPR,[59] Pitchfork,[60] the Los Angeles Review,[61] the Chicago Tribune,[62] Stereogum,[63] the National Post (Canada),[64] Paste,[65] the CBC,[66] and Esquire.[67] Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest was a finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction[47] and was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.[48]

In June 2021, Cbus Libraries announced they are commissioning The People’s Mural of Columbus, which will feature Abdurraqib. The mural is set to be completed in August 2021 in the writer's hometown of Columbus, Ohio.[68]

Abdurraqib was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021.[69]

Personal life

In 2017, Abdurraqib moved back to Columbus, Ohio.[70] He previously lived in New Haven, Connecticut.[71]

Works

  • Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart (as Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib; FreezeRay Press, 2015)[72]
  • The Crown Ain't Worth Much (as Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib; Button Poetry, 2016) ISBN 978-1-943735-04-4[73]
  • Vintage Sadness (as Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib; Big Lucks, 2017)[73]
  • They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Two Dollar Radio, 2017)[2]
  • Go Ahead in the Rain (University of Texas Press, 2019)[3]
  • A Fortune For Your Disaster (Tin House, 2019)[23]
  • A Little Devil in America (Random House, 2021)[5]
  • There's Always This Year (Random House, forthcoming)[74]
  • Untitled essay collection (Random House, forthcoming)

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External links

  • Official site
  • The Rumpus: The Conversation Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib and Paul Tran
  • The Poetry Gods: Episode 3 featuring Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
  • Late Night Library: Late Night Conversation with Kristin Maffei. Featured Guest Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
  • Excerpt from Go Ahead in the Right published by New York magazine

March 10, 2023
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Hanif Abdurraqib born August 25 1983 is an American poet essayist and cultural critic He is the author of 2016 poetry collection The Crown Ain t Worth Much published as Hanif Willis Abdurraqib 1 the 2017 essay collection They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us the 2019 non fiction book 2 Go Ahead in the Rain Notes on A Tribe Called Quest on the American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest 3 the 2019 poetry collection A Fortune for Your Disaster 4 and the 2021 essay collection A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance which received the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 5 6 Go Ahead in the Rain was on the long list for the 2019 National Book Award 7 Hanif AbdurraqibAbdurraqib in 2016Born 1983 08 25 August 25 1983 age 39 Columbus Ohio U S OccupationPoet music criticGenrePoetry essays non fictionSubjectMusic culture identityNotable worksThe Crown Ain t Worth MuchThey Can t Kill Us Until They Kill UsNotable awardsMacArthur FellowWebsitewww abdurraqib com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Poetry 2 2 Prose 3 Honors 4 Personal life 5 Works 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditAbdurraqib was born on August 25 1983 and raised in Columbus Ohio 8 He was raised Muslim 9 10 11 He graduated from Beechcroft High School in 2001 12 He then attended Capital University where he earned a degree in marketing and played on the soccer team 13 Career EditPoetry Edit Columbus is the setting for Abdurraqib s first book a poetry collection called The Crown Ain t Worth Much Button Poetry July 2016 14 Publishers Weekly s review noted When Willis Abdurraqib meditates on the dangers of being young and black in America the power of his poetry is undeniable 15 The Indiana Review called the collection expansive and rich compassionate elegiac 16 Fusion called his poetry a crash course in emotional honesty 17 Writing of the collection s titular poem The Huffington Post said Abdurraqib s chilling take on black death is heartbreakingly true 18 Abdurraqib is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow PBS s Articulate with Jim Cotter described Abdurraqib as of a generation that is helping to redefine poetry 19 Blavity called Abdurraqib one of 13 Young Black Poets You Should Know 20 He is a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine 21 and a founder with Eve Ewing of the Echo Hotel poetry collective He edited an anthology of poems about pop music called Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart FreezeRay Press 2015 22 In April 2017 his chapbook Vintage Sadness had a limited edition release by Big Lucks selling out its print run of 500 copies in just under six hours In August 2017 he was named the managing editor of Button Poetry On September 3 2019 Tin House released Abdurraqib s second poetry collection A Fortune for Your Disaster 23 24 25 Abdurraqib was a visiting poet teaching in the MFA program at Butler University during the fall of 2018 26 27 Prose Edit Abdurraqib s writing has appeared in The Fader The New York Times and Pitchfork 28 as well as previously serving as a columnist at MTV News 29 writing about music culture and identity The Huffington Post named his essay on Fetty Wap s song Trap Queen to its list of The Most Important Writing From People of Color in 2015 30 Discussing Abdurraqib s essay on the late Muhammed Ali as inspiration to a generation of hip hop artists critic Ned Raggett called the piece a standout among the many elegies 31 Abdurraqib s essay collection They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us was published in November 2017 by Two Dollar Radio 32 The Chicago Tribune named it to a list of 25 must read books for the fall of 2017 33 and Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review calling the collection mesmerizing and deeply perceptive 34 The book also received favorable reviews from the Chicago Tribune 35 and The Washington Post where Pete Tosiello described They Can t Kill Us as a breathtaking collection of largely music focused essays 36 and The New York Times Magazine featured a passage from the collection in the magazine s New Sentences column 37 A special five year anniversary edition of the collection will be released on November 15 2022 featuring three new essays and an audiobook version recorded by Abdurraqib himself Abdurraqib published Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest in 2019 as part of University of Texas Press s American Music Series 38 39 edited by Jessica Hopper David Menconi and Oliver Wang 40 It debuted at number 13 on The New York Times bestseller list for paperback non fiction 41 and received strongly favorable reviews from critics 42 43 Reviewers stressed the accomplishment of integrating music history with both a broader history and a more personal one 44 Writing for Publishers Weekly Ed Nawotka called the book part academic monograph on the group and its music part pocket history of hip hop part memoir and part epistolary elegy It is a book that conveys the wonder of being a fan and the visceral impact of experiencing the feeling of having oneself reflected back in music and pop culture 45 For NPR Lily Meyer praised Abdurraqib s seemingly limitless capacity to share what moves him which means that to read Go Ahead in the Rain you don t need to be a Tribe Called Quest fan Abdurraqib will make you one 46 The book was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction 47 and longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction 48 In January 2018 Abdurraqib announced he had signed a two book deal with Random House 49 announced as a nonfiction book They Don t Dance No Mo on the history of black performance in the United States to be published in 2020 45 and an essay collection following up on They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us 49 About They Can t Kill Us a review from Booklist wrote Abdurraqib writes with uninhibited curiosity and insight about music and its ties to culture and memory life and death on levels personal political and universal Abdurraqib s poignant critiques a catalog of the current moment and all that preceded it inspire us to listen with our whole selves 50 The first book in the Random House deal was retitled A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance and was released March 30 2021 51 A Little Devil received a starred prepublication review in Publishers Weekly which wrote Filled with nuance and lyricism Abdurraqib s luminous survey is stunning 51 Kirkus called the book A thoughtful memoir rolled into a set of joined essays on life death and the Black experience in America Another winner from Abdurraqib a writer always worth paying attention to 52 Abdurraqib himself describes A Little Devil in America as a catalogue of excitements 53 The book was awarded the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 54 It was also awarded the 2021 Gordon Burn Prize 55 Honors EditIn 2017 Abdurraqib received an honorary degree in human ecology from the College of the Atlantic 56 The Crown Ain t Worth Much was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award 57 and nominated for a 2017 Hurston Wright Legacy Award 58 They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us was named a best book of 2017 by numerous outlets including NPR 59 Pitchfork 60 the Los Angeles Review 61 the Chicago Tribune 62 Stereogum 63 the National Post Canada 64 Paste 65 the CBC 66 and Esquire 67 Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest was a finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction 47 and was longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction 48 In June 2021 Cbus Libraries announced they are commissioning The People s Mural of Columbus which will feature Abdurraqib The mural is set to be completed in August 2021 in the writer s hometown of Columbus Ohio 68 Abdurraqib was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021 69 Personal life EditIn 2017 Abdurraqib moved back to Columbus Ohio 70 He previously lived in New Haven Connecticut 71 Works EditAgain I Wait For This To Pull Apart as Hanif Willis Abdurraqib FreezeRay Press 2015 72 The Crown Ain t Worth Much as Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Button Poetry 2016 ISBN 978 1 943735 04 4 73 Vintage Sadness as Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Big Lucks 2017 73 They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Two Dollar Radio 2017 2 Go Ahead in the Rain University of Texas Press 2019 3 A Fortune For Your Disaster Tin House 2019 23 A Little Devil in America Random House 2021 5 There s Always This Year Random House forthcoming 74 Untitled essay collection Random House forthcoming References Edit Hammer Stephanie BOOK REVIEW THE CROWN AIN T WORTH MUCH BY HANIF WILLIS ABDURRAQUIB losangelesreview org Retrieved February 21 2023 a b Shukla Nikesh October 21 2018 They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib review The Observer ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved February 21 2023 a b In Go Ahead In The Rain The Love For A Tribe Called Quest Is Infectious NPR Los Angeles Review of Books Los Angeles Review of Books November 27 2019 Retrieved February 21 2023 a b The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance receive 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction ALA News January 23 2022 Charlton Lauretta April 2 2021 Hanif Abdurraqib Celebrates Black Performance The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved February 21 2023 Andrews Meredith September 18 2019 Nonfiction 70th National Book Awards National Book Foundation Retrieved February 21 2023 Annie Nickoloff cleveland com December 4 2019 I love where I m from Hanif Abdurraqib talks Columbus music activism in Q amp A cleveland Retrieved February 21 2023 Why I Still Fast During Ramadan BuzzFeed News Lam Amy April 28 2016 Writer Hanif Willis Abdurraqib on Poetry amp Punk Rock Bitch Magazine Archived from the original on August 17 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Thompson Erica July 14 2016 People Poet Hanif Willis Abdurraqib explores the changing landscape of Columbus Columbus Alive Archived from the original on July 15 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Columbus author Hanif Abdurraqib hosting free back to school party Saturday WOSU News August 19 2022 Retrieved February 21 2023 Oller Julia Hanif Abdurraqib s Columbus Columbus Monthly Archived from the original on August 10 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 Roka Les June 21 2016 Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2016 A closer look at some of the nationally known Literary Arts performers poets songwriters The Utah Review Archived from the original on August 6 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Fiction Book Review The Crown Ain t Worth Much by Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Publishers Weekly June 20 2016 Archived from the original on October 13 2016 Retrieved July 19 2016 Palomo Willy July 8 2016 Microreview Hanif Willis Abdurraqib s The Crown Ain t Worth Much Indiana Review Archived from the original on August 8 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 McKinney Kelsey July 20 2016 Hanif Willis Abdurraqib s poetry is a crash course in emotional honesty Fusion Archived from the original on July 21 2016 Retrieved July 21 2016 Finley Taryn May 25 2016 This Poet s Chilling Take On Black Death Is Heartbreakingly True The Huffington Post Archived from the original on June 18 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Cotter Jim April 27 2016 Articulate on PBS Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Goldberg Variations Krimes PBS Articulate with Jim Cotter Archived from the original on August 19 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Mendoza Genesis May 5 2015 13 Young Black Poets You Should Know Blavity Archived from the original on July 20 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Sullivan Dan Sully February 19 2016 Muzzle Magazine Conversations About History and Aesthetic with Stevie Edwards and Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Columbia Poetry Review Archived from the original on August 9 2016 Retrieved July 26 2016 FreezeRay Five Hanif Willis Abdurraqib FreezeRay January 3 2015 Archived from the original on August 18 2016 Retrieved July 28 2016 a b Poetry Book Review A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib Tin House 15 95 120p ISBN 978 1 947793 43 9 www publishersweekly com Archived from the original on August 20 2019 Retrieved August 20 2019 A Fortune for Your Disaster Tin House Archived from the original on August 23 2019 Retrieved September 20 2019 Bracken Conor November 27 2019 What a Miracle On Hanif Abdurraqib s A Fortune for Your Disaster Los Angeles Review of Books Archived from the original on September 20 2020 Retrieved October 10 2020 Abdurraqib Hanif February 5 2018 in a Day Of News I m joining the MFA faculty at Butler University this fall teaching the poetry workshop This is a real honor and I m excited for the challenge Twitter Retrieved March 16 2018 Abdurraqib Hanif March 16 2018 Got my letter of appointment to teach at Butler in the fall on the same day they won their first game of the tournament gotta be a good sign of something Twitter Retrieved March 17 2018 Roka Les June 21 2016 Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2016 Literary Arts venue relevant human powerful voluminous The Utah Review Archived from the original on August 6 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Cooper Julia January 10 2017 This Brief Bright Collection of Hours An Interview with Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Hazlitt Archived from the original on January 6 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Blay Zeba December 16 2015 The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015 The Huffington Post Archived from the original on September 11 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 Raggett Ned June 9 2016 Ned s Atomic Link Bin Kim Kardashian Punk Inspiration Iranian Rave Busts When ZZ Top Were the Zombies and More Nashville Scene Archived from the original on August 21 2016 Retrieved July 17 2016 THEY CAN T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US by Hanif Abdurraqib Kirkus Reviews October 2 2017 Archived from the original on January 6 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Pearson Laura 25 must read books this fall Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on September 3 2017 Retrieved September 3 2017 Nonfiction Book Review They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Essays by Hanif Abdurraqib Two Dollar Radio 15 99 trade paper 236p ISBN 978 1 937512 65 1 Publishers Weekly August 14 2017 Archived from the original on August 14 2017 Retrieved August 14 2017 Muyumba Walton November 20 2017 Hanif Abdurraqib s new collection of music criticism essays vibrates with soul Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on January 6 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Tosiello Pete December 12 2017 Review Hanif Abdurraqib s vital meditation on music and living and dying in America Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Archived from the original on January 6 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Anderson Sam December 8 2017 New Sentences From Hanif Abdurraqib s They Can t Kill Us Until They Kill Us The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on January 6 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Dealmaker University of Texas Press Publishers Marketplace Hopper Jessica March 16 2018 In the American Music Series is NifMuhammad s forthcoming critical history of Tribe Called Quest Some previous hitters Kristin Hersh s Vic Chesnutt bk Holly Gleason s bk on legacy of women in country bks from Chris Stamey and Alina Simone Twitter Retrieved March 16 2018 American Music Series The University of Texas Press Archived from the original on March 20 2017 Retrieved March 16 2018 Paperback Nonfiction Books Best Sellers The New York Times February 17 2019 ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on February 9 2019 Retrieved February 8 2019 Szalai Jennifer January 30 2019 An Intensely Personal Tribute to A Tribe Called Quest The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on February 7 2019 Retrieved February 8 2019 Book Marks reviews of Go Ahead in the Rain Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib Book Marks Archived from the original on October 25 2020 Retrieved October 28 2020 Edgers Geoff January 26 2019 A true fan offers a riveting tribute to A Tribe Called Quest The Washington Post Archived from the original on February 7 2019 Retrieved February 7 2019 a b Nawotka Ed January 11 2019 WI14 Looking at Our Cultural Moment with Hanif Abdurraqib 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write Things About Music I am probably eating french fries Retrieved July 23 2021 a b A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance Publishers Weekly December 30 2020 Archived from the original on January 10 2021 Retrieved January 23 2021 A Little Devil in America Notes in Praise of Black Performance Kirkus Reviews December 22 2020 Abdurraqib Hanif March 12 2021 From Soul Train to Beyonce the joy of black performance in America The Guardian Italie Hillel January 24 2022 Hanif Abdurraqib Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awards Associated Press Retrieved January 24 2022 Flood Alison October 14 2021 Hanif Abdurraqib wins the Gordon Burn prize for A Little Devil in America The Guardian Retrieved November 20 2021 COA commencement set Mount Desert Islander May 26 2017 Archived from the original on January 7 2018 Retrieved January 6 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award Winners www hofferaward com Archived from the original on January 8 2018 Retrieved January 7 2018 Hurston Wright 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FreezeRay Five Hanif Willis Abdurraqib FreezeRay Poetry With A Pop Retrieved February 21 2023 a b Hanif Abdurraqib s writing vibrates with soul North digitaledition chicagotribune com Retrieved February 21 2023 Terry Castle on Patricia Highsmith New books by Hanif Abdurraqib www bookforum com Retrieved February 21 2023 External links EditOfficial site The Rumpus The Conversation Hanif Willis Abdurraqib and Paul Tran The Poetry Gods Episode 3 featuring Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Late Night Library Late Night Conversation with Kristin Maffei Featured Guest Hanif Willis Abdurraqib Excerpt from Go Ahead in the Right published by New York magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hanif Abdurraqib amp oldid 1140647300, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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