Hanif Abdurraqib

5 days ago | archive.is | Sarah Stillman |Steve Martin |Adam Levin |Hanif Abdurraqib

Finally, on August 16, 2022, nearly four months after her arrest, Mary entered the courtroom in a wheelchair. The judge had no inkling of Mary’s former radiance. Still, he seemed stunned by her skeletal frame. “What are we going to do, Mary?” Judge Howard Fell asked. Mary, who’d been chatty and energetic just months earlier, was too far gone to speak. “She is, as you can see, a shell,” Edminson, her public defender, said. “She needs care immediately.

1 week ago | newyorker.com | Hanif Abdurraqib

In the immediate aftermath of a sports fan’s heartbreak, there is that sliver of time during which all the emotion passes across their face. The features are contorted or frozen in place. The eyes are wide open and staring into the empty space where something wonderful has just unfolded for someone else. The mouth is open just enough, perhaps because a shout of ecstasy had been ready to escape, if only the fan’s knocking at the door of the ecstatic had been answered.

1 month ago | link.newyorker.com | Pauline Kael |Nathan Heller |Hanif Abdurraqib |Dhruv Khullar

The movie critic’s informal manifesto reflects both her brilliance and her blind spots during a revolutionary period in Hollywood. View in browser | New Takes on the classics. To celebrate its centenary, The New Yorker has invited contributors to revisit notable works from the archive. You’re on the free list. Subscribe to enjoy unlimited access to a century of reporting, commentary, criticism, and fiction.

1 month ago | penguinrandomhouselibrary.com | Jennifer Rubins |Barbra Streisand |Emily Nagoski |Hanif Abdurraqib

By Jennifer Rubins | March 10 2025 | AwardsAudiobook News Listeners’ advisory tip: The 2025 Audie Award Winners have been announced! If you are looking to make some strong recommendations to patrons interested in memoir, fiction, fantasy, and more, these audiobooks are a great place to start! My Name is Barbra written and read by Barbra Streisand and featuring her songs, and additional anecdotes, was the big winner of the awards, taking home Audiobook of the Year and Best...

1 month ago | pbs.org | Hanif Abdurraqib

Poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib writes about Hazel Scott’s forgotten legacy, revealing how “the immense love she had for her people” came at a great cost.