{"product_id":"flyboy-2-the-greg-tate-reader-hardcover","title":"Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince launching his career at the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. \u003ci\u003eFlyboy 2\u003c\/i\u003e provides a panoramic view of the past thirty years of Tate's influential work. Whether interviewing Miles Davis or Ice Cube, reviewing an Azealia Banks mixtape or Suzan-Lori Parks's \u003ci\u003eTopdog\/Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e, discussing visual artist Kara Walker or writer Clarence Major, or analyzing the ties between Afro-futurism, Black feminism, and social movements, Tate's resounding critical insights illustrate how race, gender, and class become manifest in American popular culture. Above all, Tate demonstrates through his signature mix of vernacular poetics and cultural theory and criticism why visionary Black artists, intellectuals, aesthetics, philosophies, and politics matter to twenty-first-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Tate is a music and popular culture critic and journalist whose work has appeared in many publications, including the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDownbeat\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFlyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMidnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eEverything but the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. Tate, via guitar and baton, also leads the conducted improvisation ensemble Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, who tour internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749668389152,"sku":"9780822361800","price":174.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc21b6fb1abbcc746106e444b707a2c0.webp?v=1779935917","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/flyboy-2-the-greg-tate-reader-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}