A little devil in America : notes in praise of Black performance
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984801197
- ISBN: 1984801198
- ISBN: 9781984801210
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Physical Description:
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xii, 300 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Performing miracles. On times I have forced myself to dance ; On marathons and tunnels ; On going home as performance ; An epilogue for Aretha -- Suspending disbelief. On times I have forced myself to dance ; This one goes out to all the magical Negroes ; Sixteen ways of looking at blackface ; On certain and uncertain movement of limbs ; Nine considerations of Black people in space -- On matters of country/provenance. On times I have forced myself to dance ; The Josephine Baker monument can never be large enough ; It is safe to say I have lost many games of spades ; My favorite thing about Don Shirley ; I would like to give Merry Clayton her roses ; Beyoncé performs at the Super Bowl and I think about all the jobs I've hated -- Anatomy of closeness//Chasing blood. On times I have forced myself to dance ; The beef sometimes begins with a dance move ; Fear: a crown ; On the performance of softness ; Board up the doors, tear down the walls -- Callings to remember. On times I have forced myself not to dance. |
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Homer Public Library | 791.089 ADB (Text) | 000160559 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
A Little Devil in America : Notes in Praise of Black Performance
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in PEN American , Muzzle , Vinyl , and other journals, and his essays and criticism have been published in The New Yorker , Pitchfork , The New York Times , and Fader . His first full-length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much , was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer book award and nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us was named a book of the year by NPR , Esquire , BuzzFeed , O: The Oprah Magazine , Pitchfork and Chicago Tribune , among others. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest was a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize finalist and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune for Your Disaster , won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School. In 2021, he was named a MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow.