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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays Paperback - 2017

by Abdurraqib, Hanif

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  • Title They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays
  • Author Abdurraqib, Hanif
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 236
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Two Dollar Radio, Columbus, Ohio
  • Publication date 2017-11
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR009864023
  • ISBN 9781937512651 / 1937512657
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (19.05 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Library of Congress subjects American essays - 21st century
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808
  • Quantity available 1

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This seller has earned a 4.56 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
4.56 / 5 (39 total reviews)

Readers praised Hanif Abdurraqib’s essay collection for its lyrical, poet’s prose and its deft weaving of music criticism with personal history, race, grief, and contemporary politics. Even those unfamiliar with some artists found the essays resonant, with standouts on Carly Rae Jepsen and My Chemical Romance; a few pieces were seen as time-stamped or less successful. While several noted the book’s emotional weight and density, the craft and insight won broad admiration.

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lyricalmovinginsightfulthoughtfulpoignantintrospectiveculturally richpolitically awareheavy at timesoccasionally dated

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From the publisher

* 2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY (Elizabeth Acevedo)
* A "Best Book of 2017" --Rolling Stone (2018), NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily
* American Booksellers Association (ABA) 'December 2017 Indie Next List Great Reads'
* Midwest Indie Bestseller


In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly.


In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris, he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music, at shows, and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now. While discussing the everyday threat to the lives of Black Americans, Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to enter his own car.

In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others--along with original, previously unreleased essays--Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.

About the author

Hanif Abdurraqib -- a 2021 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Recipient -- is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He is the author of the poetry collections The Crown Ain't Worth Much, a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and A Fortune For Your Disaster, which won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize, and the essay collections They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, named a best book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others; Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest, a New York Times Bestseller, a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and longlisted for the National Book Award; and A Little Devil In America, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.

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