Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib
Born 1983
Columbus, Ohio
Occupation Poet, music critic
Nationality American
Subject Music, culture, identity
Notable works The Crown Ain't Worth Much
Website
www.abdurraqib.com/

Hanif Abdurraqib (born 1983) is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic. He is currently a columnist at MTV News, writing about music, culture, and identity.

Abdurraqib was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio.[1] Columbus is also the setting for his first book, a poetry collection called The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Button Poetry, July 2016).[2] Publishers Weekly's review said, "When Willis-Abdurraqib meditates on the dangers of being young and black in America, the power of his poetry is undeniable,"[3] and the Indiana Review calls the collection "expansive and rich...compassionate, elegiac."[4] Fusion called his "poetry a crash course in emotional honesty."[5] Writing of the collection's titular poem, The Huffington Post said Willis-Abdurraqib's "chilling take on black death is heartbreakingly true."[6]

Abdurraqib's writing has also appeared in The Fader, The New York Times, and Pitchfork.[7] He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow. PBS's Articulate with Jim Cotter describes Abdurraqib as "of a generation that is helping to redefine poetry"[8] and Blavity called him one of "13 Young Black Poets You Should Know."[9] The Huffington Post named his essay on Fetty Wap's song "Trap Queen" to its list of "The Most Important Writing From People of Color in 2015."[10] Discussing Abdurraqib's essay on the late Muhammed Ali as inspiration to a generation of hip-hop artists, critic Ned Raggett called the piece a "standout" among the many elegies.[11]

Abdurraqib is a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine[12] and a founder, with Eve Ewing, of the Echo Hotel poetry collective. He edited an anthology of poems about pop music called Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart (FreezeRay Press 2015)[13] and is currently writing a poetry collection about the night Notorious B.I.G. died.[14] In April 2017 his chapbook Vintage Sadness saw a limited edition release by Big Lucks, selling out its print run of 500 copies in just under six hours. He has an essay collection, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, forthcoming in November 2017 from Two Dollar Radio.[15] In July 2017, it was announced that Abdurraqib will be writing a biography on A Tribe Called Quest, due out in 2019 with University of Texas Press.

He lives in Columbus, Ohio.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Lam, Amy (April 28, 2016). "Writer Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib on Poetry & Punk Rock | Bitch Media". Bitch Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Roka, Les (21 June 2016). "Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2016: A closer look at some of the nationally known Literary Arts performers, poets, songwriters". The Utah Review. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib". Publishers Weekly. June 20, 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Palomo, Willy (July 8, 2016). "Microreview: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s The Crown Ain’t Worth Much". Indiana Review. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ↑ McKinney, Kelsey (July 20, 2016). "Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s poetry is a crash course in emotional honesty". Fusion. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ Finley, Taryn (25 May 2016). "This Poet's Chilling Take On Black Death Is Heartbreakingly True". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Roka, Les (21 June 2016). "Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2016: Literary Arts venue - relevant, human, powerful, voluminous". The Utah Review. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Cotter, Jim (April 27, 2016). "Articulate on PBS | Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Goldberg Variations, Krimes". PBS Articulate with Jim Cotter. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Mendoza, Genesis (5 May 2015). "13 Young Black Poets You Should Know -". Blavity. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Blay, Zeba (16 December 2015). "The Most Important Writing From People Of Color In 2015". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Raggett, Ned (June 9, 2016). "Ned's Atomic Link Bin: Kim Kardashian: Punk Inspiration, Iranian Rave Busts, When ZZ Top Were the Zombies and More". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Sullivan, Dan "Sully" (February 19, 2016). "Muzzle Magazine: Conversations About History and Aesthetic with Stevie Edwards and Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib". Columbia Poetry Review. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  13. ↑ "FreezeRay Five: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib". FreezeRay. January 3, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ "VIDA Reads with Writers — Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib!". VIDA. January 24, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  15. ↑ "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (PREORDER)". Two Dollar Radio. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  16. ↑ Thompson, Erica (July 14, 2016). "People: Poet Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib explores the changing landscape of Columbus". Columbus Alive. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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