38. Hanif Abdurraqib Illuminates the History of Black Entertainment With ‘A Little Devil in America’

This week we're speaking with award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. Hanif's previous works have garnered widespread praise, including 2017's Book of the Year They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and his 2019 New York Times bestseller Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest. Hanif's latest book, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, explores the varied individual histories of Black entertainers, and we had the pleasure of speaking with him about the impact of Soul Train, his deep admiration for Josephine Baker, and the joy he derived from the process of researching this book.

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