Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib
A photo Hanif Abdurraqib wearing a denim jacket over a black hoodie looking off camera and leaning against a counter.
Hanif Abdurraqib at CityLit 2023 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, Maryland
Born (1983-08-25) August 25, 1983 (age 41)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationPoet, music critic
GenrePoetry, essays, non-fiction
SubjectMusic, culture, identity
Notable worksA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance,
The Crown Ain't Worth Much,
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Notable awardsMacArthur Fellow
Website
www.abdurraqib.com/

Hanif Abdurraqib (born August 25, 1983) is an American poet, essayist, and cultural critic. His first essay collection, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was published in 2017. His 2021 essay collection A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance received the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence.[1][2] Abdurraqib received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021.[3]

Abdurraqib's poetry works include the 2016 poetry collection The Crown Ain't Worth Much and the 2019 collection A Fortune for Your Disaster.[4][5] Abdurraqib's 2019 non-fiction book on the American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on A Tribe Called Quest,[6][7] was on the long list for the 2019 National Book Award.[8]

  1. ^ '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.
  2. ^ Charlton, Lauretta (April 2, 2021). "Hanif Abdurraqib Celebrates Black Performance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
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  4. ^ Hammer, Stephanie (June 20, 2017). "BOOK REVIEW: THE CROWN AIN'T WORTH MUCH BY HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQUIB". losangelesreview.org. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. November 27, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "In 'Go Ahead In The Rain,' The Love For A Tribe Called Quest Is Infectious". NPR.
  8. ^ Andrews, Meredith (September 18, 2019). "Nonfiction - 70th National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved February 21, 2023.