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“It’s a book about a rap group, but, more particularly, a book that is examining how fandom seeps into our lives.” In this PBS NewHour video, Hanif Abdurraqib speaks with Amna Nawaz about his memoir, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (University of Texas Press, 2019), and the ways in which music intertwines with identity and the poignant moments in our lives.
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Derrick Weston Brown reads "Misdirected," a poem in the form of the Bop incorporating lyrics from "Find a Way," a song off A Tribe Called Quest's album Love Movement. Brown's poetry collection Wisdom Teeth was published by PM Press in 2011.
Tags: reading | 2011 | Derrick Weston Brown | Wisdom Teeth | PM Press | A Tribe Called Quest | Love Movement | Poetry