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Reading Well: Tricia Rose on Hip Hop

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

You may have noticed a lot of content on hip hop here lately … As part of that, I re-read Tricia Rose‘s 1994 book Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America and read for the first time … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Nalo Hopkinson‘s Brown Girl in the Ring (1998) has been in my “to be read” pile for a while. I can say I’m really glad I got to it, as it’s a very solid, enjoyable, and well-executed bit of YA … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Mohsin Hamid‘s debut novel, Exit West (2017) is a most rare creature: a gentle dystopian work. Exit West begins in an unnamed city in the Middle East (the geography can easily be inferred, but nothing terribly specific is confirmed), and … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part VII

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 7: 2001 to Kendrick Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. Part 5 can be found here. Part 6 … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part VI

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 6: 1997 to 2000 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. Part 5 can be found here. Ah, the … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part V

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 5: 1994 to 1996 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Part 4 can be found here. For many, this is the “Golden Age” of … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

One of my favorite authors, China Miéville, published two novellas in the past year or so. I wrote about This Census Taker here; The Last Days of New Paris (2016) is the second. When writing about This Census Taker, I … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part IV

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 4: 1992 to 1993 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. To paraphrase Posdnous of De La Soul, F*ck being hard, hip hop history’s complicated. –In … Continue reading →

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Hip Hop History: Part III

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Hip Hop History Part 3: 1989 to 1991 Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. We’re really just going along with the steady growth of the musical form here. But things are beginning to split … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: American War by Omar El Akkad

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Omar El Akkad‘s debut novel, American War (2017), is an arresting, gripping contribution to the landscape of post-apocalyptic fiction. Here, the disaster is largely environmental: all of Florida and most of the Eastern seaboard is underwater, the US economy is … Continue reading →

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