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Hanif Abdurraqib Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic. writer of some books // curator: https://t.co/VCkHrHdn1j // Ohioan

14 books
Book Cover for: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib

I can't believe that so many people have read this book and loved this book and stopped me to talk about things from this book and tell me stories about how their small children reach for it and yell things like "WOLF BOOK!"

Hardcover, 2022

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe
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hey @praddenkeefe, I just (finally) finished Say Nothing and I absolutely loved it. Thank you for writing it. I appreciated the balance of historical and intimate.

Paperback, 2020

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Border Vista: Poems, Anni Liu

Border Vista: Poems

Anni Liu
Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib

Border Vista one of my favorite poetry books I've read all year. I really love Anni Liu's poems. https://t.co/y8QyRbHKm5

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Say Cheese and Die! (Classic Goosebumps #8): Volume 8, R. L. Stine

Say Cheese and Die! (Classic Goosebumps #8): Volume 8

R. L. Stine
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I'm also not 100% sure on this because a ton of guests visited my elementary/middle schools but I am pretty sure RL Stine is the first (or, at worst, second) author I ever met in person and he was very nice to me while I asked a lot of questions about Say Cheese And Die

Paperback, 2009

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance, Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib
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A Little Devil In America is out in paperback today. Hope you'll grab a copy or two from a local shop, or wherever you can. Thanks to Lithub for running this excerpt today, from the section on beef as performance. https://twitter.com/lithub/status/1501211455605161996

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Apocalyptic Swing: Poems, Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Apocalyptic Swing: Poems

Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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first poetry book I purchased and owned was Gabrielle Calvocoressi's The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart. her 2nd book, Apocalyptic Swing, had been recommended to me. But I couldn't afford it. I found the Earhart book at a used bookstore & got that instead.

Paperback, 2012

$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: In Sensorium: Notes for My People, Tanaïs

In Sensorium: Notes for My People

Tanaïs
Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib

I was really honored to serve as a judge for the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction this year, and to get to form such a wonderful relationship with this singular book while doing so. I am so thrilled about this.

Hardcover, 2022

$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Brute: Poems, Emily Skaja

Brute: Poems

Emily Skaja
Hanif AbdurraqibHanif Abdurraqib

I'm revisiting some Emily Skaja poems today as I revise some of my own -- such a big fan of her work. love, love, love this poem so much. https://t.co/U7s8Y3Iwr5

Paperback, 2019

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lighthead: Poems (National Book Award Winner), Terrance Hayes

Lighthead: Poems (National Book Award Winner)

Terrance Hayes
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one of my favorite Terrance Hayes poems is What It Look Like, which includes the line "never mistake what it look like for what it is" & there are many bands I think that maps on to, but the way I think The Cure was sometimes misunderstood makes me think of that, always.

Paperback, 2010

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice, Treva B. Lindsey

America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice

Treva B. Lindsey
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America Goddam is a really special book, and it is such a special joy to be in conversation and in community with someone as brilliant and generous as Treva. I return to the book often, just went to see her read from it again last week.

Hardcover, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book