Hanif Abdurraqib Reading: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Liberty Hall
644 Massachusetts St
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38.97156738040372
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Description
BOOK TALK
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Abdurraqib
﾿ Poet, TV Writer, Essayist, Music & Culture Critic
7:00pm Tuesday, February 27 | Liberty Hall
Supported by the Raven Bookstore, the Department of English, the Department of American Studies, the Department of African & African-American Studies, the Langston Hughes Center, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, The Office of Diversity and Equity, the Hall Center for the Humanities, and The Commons
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. With Big Lucks, Hanif released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in Summer 2017. He is a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow and previously worked for MTV News, where he wrote about the intersections of music, culture, and identity. Hanif also wrote the 2016 live shows: MTV Video Music Awards and VH1’s Unsilent Night. His first full length collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was one of 2016's best-selling poetry books and was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book prize. Hanif's debut collection of essays titled, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was published in November 2017 via Two Dollar Radio. He is a member of the poetry collective Echo Hotel with poet/essayist Eve L. Ewing.
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2018-02-27T19:00:00-06:00
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2018-02-27T21:00:00-06:00
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