Dr. Bradley's work is helping to define the emerging field of hip-hop poetics. From the fiction of Ralph Ellison to the lyrics of Jay-Z, Bradley explores the crosscurrents of literary and popular culture. He is the author or co-editor of several books including Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop, and The Anthology of Rap. Most recently, Dr. Bradley collaborated with rapper and actor Common on Common's memoir, One Day it Will All Make Sense. Beyond academia, Dr. Bradley's writing and commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, as well as on NPR and C-SPAN. Dr. Bradley received his B.A. from Lewis & Clark College and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.