I'd never cried while reading an essay about fall out boy before, so that was new ...more

One of those books where you read 20 pages, grab a pen and restart to take notes, and then abandon the pen at page 50 because you're underlining everything and making a mess of ink. ...more

This is an absolute must read ...more

I’ve never read anything like this. This is everything I never knew that music writing could be. I’ve never read this type of music writing in say, the pages of the rolling stone or anywhere else that’s popular. Our particular experiences as young black music writers, purveyors and absorbers of the ...more

There is very little I can say about this one except read it. This collection of essays blends pop culture (usually music, sometimes sports) with Hanif's experience as a Black man in America. It feels especially hard to review this because of how absolutely perfect it is. I have no notes and I have ...more

I have read hundreds of books over the years but i have never been stopped in my tracks and absolutely shattered by a single paragraph like this before.

“When people in America are faced with confronting and accepting the evolving landscape of human gender and sexuality, one of the earliest cries oft ...more

To summarize this book is to fully grasp Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show. It’s an honest exploration of our world through pop culture.

There is no moment in America when I do not feel like I am fighting. When I do not feel like I’m pushing back against a machine that asks me to prove that I belon ...more