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He conducts an ongoing interrogation about what it all means. What’s black culture? What’s hip-hop? What are the responsibilities of a society and the people in it? And his inquiry isn’t bloodlessly academic, either; there’s something very consequential about his approach.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
Consider the Lobster
An exploration of the annual Maine Lobster Festival, its history, cultural significance, and the strange paradox of lobster being considered a high-class delicacy despite its lowly origins.
columbia.eduHere is an overt premise. There is just no way that 2004’s reelection could have taken place—not to mention extraordinary rendi-tions, legalized torture, FISA-flouting, or the 6
David Foster Wallace • Deciderization 2007—a Special Report
the notebooks do provide a pretty good snapshot of a creative brain moving very fast, while serving as an instrument of grounding and refinement.
Adam Moss • The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
his feisty
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
