{"product_id":"flyboy-in-the-buttermilk-essays-on-contemporary-america","title":"Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGreg Tate was my first, and in some ways truest, North\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStar . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGreg\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewas the first person who validated the art that I loved and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emade it intellectually viable.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Questlove, from the foreword\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehe velocity\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand volume of his exuberance, his demands, his curiosities,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand, yes, his vibrant dissatisfactions pulled me to the edge of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emy chair.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Hanif Absurraqib, from the introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA reissue of Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom one of the most original, creative, and provocative culture critics comes an eye-opening collection of essays and tales about American music and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnder the guise of writing about a single subject, Greg Tate’s essays in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlyboy in the Buttermilk\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebranch out from his usual and explore social, pop cultural, political, and economic subjects. Taking on a wide diversity of topics―from the rise of hip-hop; the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat; the music of Miles Davis, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, and many others; to the crisis of the Black intellectual and the irony of the GOP recruiting Black Americans― Tate writes in a brave and distinctive voice that is angry, joyous, anxious, and funny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn every piece of this collection, Tate offers informed insight into where America is going and why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greg Tate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45499430011056,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/61MtvpI9DsL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785765276","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/flyboy-in-the-buttermilk-essays-on-contemporary-america","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}