They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

by Hanif Abdurraqib

The problem is that everyone wants to talk about language entirely independent of any violence that the existence of that language has accumulated over time.

All things do not pass. Sometimes, that which does not kill you sits heavy over you until all of the things that did not kill you turn into a single counterforce that might.

It is another new year, and most of my pals made it to the other side with me.

At its inception, what made punk rock great in the face of incredible odds was the general idea that anyone could do it. It wasn’t about making great music, it was about getting free.

I think about that expectation, to hold off injustice with one arm while still consistently offering forgiveness with the other.

There are as many ways to be heartbroken as there are hearts,