Proem, Spoken Before a Life Sentence “My aunt said never a word, but… walked out, and never came back. She vanished like a discontented fairy; or like one of those supernatural beings, whom it was popularly supposed I was entitled…
Go Ahead in The Rain: A few prompts from thousands of miles up in the sky
Go Ahead in The Rain a Tribe Called Quest, I never listened to music growing up, not really. I remember sitting in the hot car, Rocky Mountain heat, with my uncle who was a self-proclaimed DJ for BBQ’s, baptisms and…
Preface
I sat on the window sill at The Sheraton Hotel that was located by LAX. The sun was about to set and I watched the planes take off below the beautiful light pink sky—one by one. I counted the seconds…
Preface
This is quite a bit over count, and I feel as if it leans too heavily into my own experience (overly expository, not enough analysis). I’d love notes on what can go. I was inspired, too, by this week’s reading…
Notes on Hanif Abdurraqib
Go Ahead in the Rain was absolutely meant for savoring, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The lyricism and poetry that ran throughout was a key aspect of the storytelling itself. His voice blended biography, memoir, and cultural criticism…
Go Ahead In The Rain Response
This book is structurally something of an epic poem, a hip-hop Odyssey (it’s corny, but stick with me). We move through different eras, an amassing of characters, all through a lyrical journey. To stick with a Greek structure, Abdurraqib operates…
Preface to Memoir
Preface Draft – It still feels a bit like rambling, but this is what I have. “You should write a book!” “I will.” I answer politely, always, thinking, “I am”. Much of my life is scrolled in journals beginning in…
Preface to I Met a Man in a Hat with a Tan: Man, Hat, Tan; I Met a Manhattan Man
Preface to the preface: I’m trying to integrate the Klezmer / Yiddish re-revival of the early 90s into the more well trod ground of the East Village counter-culture, the arts and activism scene of that era – they were totally…
Reading Response of “Go Ahead in the Rain”
Reading Response of “Go Ahead in the Rain” I was not familiar with hip hop and rap culture. This is an educational experience for me. Abdurraqib has a particular way to write a memoir. He wrote the memoir in the…
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