Hanif Abdurraqib vs. Obsession

VS

On today’s episode of VS, Ajanae and Brittany interview Hanif Abdurraqib. Listen in as they discuss burned cd’s, the cost of being a collector, living archives, new projects, and obsession as an origin story.

Until Next Time:

Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again!

• June Jordan - June Jordan at the NYS Writers Institute in 2000
• Gloria Naylor - GREAT BLACK BOOKS! Presents THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor
• Aracelis Girmay - “You Are Who I Love” Reading by Aracelis Girmay

Writing Prompt:

Consider a piece of ephemera or archival material in your family. Write a poem using the object and the year of its making as the title. Consider what the object represents now.