Ep. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif Abdurraqib

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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The Stacks Book Club selection for April is The Tradition by Jericho Brown. We will discuss the book with Reginald Dwayne Betts on Wednesday April 28th.

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon

• A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib

• Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib

• "A World of Black Intimacy at the Card Table" (Hanif Abdurraqib, The New York Times)

• Whitney Houston

• Object of Sound (Sonos)

• Wesley Morris

• "Oh Say Can You See? (feat. Wesley Morris)" (Object of Sound, Sonos)

• Still Processing (The New York Times)

• "We Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston" (Still Processing, The New York Times)

• "The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem" (It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, NPR)

• Jacqueline Woodson

• Toni Morrison

• Photo of Jacqueline Woodson and Toni Morrison (August 6, 2019)

• Howard University

• "Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones, 1969)

• Merry Clayton

• Mick Jagger

• Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder)

• "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Stevie Wonder, 1976)

• Josephine Baker

• "Josephine Baker, 'Speech at the March on Washington'" (BlackPast)

• Mobb Deep

• Leon James

• Willa Mae Ricker

• Libro.FM - Independent Bookstore Day

• Random House Books

• Tin House

• A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib

• Maya Millett

• Soul Train

• Ellen Armstrong

• Dipset

• Dave Chappelle

• Vievee Francis

• All Heathens by Marianne Chan

• Sour Twin Cherries Gummy Candy

• Waiting to Exhale (Forest Whitaker, 1995)

• Little Richard

• Minnesota Timberwolves

• Kevin Garnett

• The Golden State Warriors

• Stephen Curry

• Oakland "Oracle" Arena

• "There's Always This Year" Banner

• Lebron James

• Brian Windhorst

• The Hippest Trip in America by Nelson George

• Joan Morgan

• She Begat This by Joan Morgan

• Lauryn Hill

• "Soul Train Line Dance to The O Jays Love Train" (Youtube.com)

• Whitney, Brandy, and TLC Photo

• Don Cornelius

• Beyoncé

• Mike Tyson

• Rachel Dolezal

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