Hi everyone I'm Brinay Brown and this is unlocking S.

This week I am talking to an amazing writer, poet, cultural critic, music critic, Hanif Abdul Rakeeb.

He is the author of A Little Devil in America,

Notes and Praise of Black Performance.

First of all, I have to tell you, it is one of the performance. First of all I have to tell you it is one of the most

lyrical beautifully written stirring urgent books that I've read in my life and

not only is it written beautifully,

the content is just the inextricable connection

between the history of the United States and black contribution and black performance.

This is a conversation about history, art, poetry, and some really deep genius in this book and some genius in this man.

I cannot wait for you to hear the conversation.

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