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The Faith of the Imprisoned: Islam, Black Liberation, and the Uncompromising Legacy of Black August
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Ever since I read an article on Pasoori in The New Yorker (written by Priyanka Mattoo), I have been obsessing over the way it was composed. Most of Sethi’s songs have a characteristic old-world charm, as if they are relics of a forgotten love song, echoing through the eras. If you listen to them carefully, you would see that they hold within them... See more
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Brit Bennett • The Vanishing Half: A Novel
Yet in lining up the external poetic chips into publishable “articulateness” rather than “indwelling,” you face the danger of writing what poet Derek Walcott terms “a fake poem.” Still, many yearn for the status that public recognition brings, even as they recognize the possible falsity involved.
Nuar Alsadir • Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation
Born just months apart, both poets had a fondness for dandyism, a contempt for the ordinary, a principled attachment to impersonality, and a tendency to cherish unhappiness.