The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Paperback

Descriere

The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib's first full-length collection, is a sharp and vulnerable portrayal of city life in the United States. A regular columnist for MTV. com, Willis-Abdurraqib brings his interest in pop culture to these poems, analyzing race, gender, family, and the love that finally holds us together even as it threatens to break us. Terrance Hayes writes that Willis-Abdurraqib ""bridges the bravado and bling of praise with the blood and tears of elegy."" The poems in this collection are challenging and accessible at once, as they seek to render real human voices in moments of tragedy and celebration.

Despre autor

Hanif Abdurraqib

poet și eseist american · n. 1983

Hanif Abdurraqib este un poet, eseist și critic cultural american. Prima sa colecție de eseuri, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, a fost publicată în 2017. Colecția sa de eseuri din 2021, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, a primit Premiul Andrew Carnegie pentru Excelență în 2022. Abdurraqib a primit o Fellowship MacArthur în 2021.