num_pages: 291
description: In an age of confusion fear and loss Hanif Abdurraqib's is a voice that matters. Whether he's attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown's grave or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly.In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music at shows and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now. While discussing the everyday threat to the lives of black Americans Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to enter his own car.In essays that have been published by the New York Times MTV and Pitchfork among othersalong with original previously unreleased essaysAbdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.
language: English
title: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
publisher: Two Dollar Radio