Prior Presents: Hanif Abdurraqib (Public Lecture)

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm UTC-04:00

1 College Street, Worcester, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01610 | Worcester

Prior Performing Arts Center
Publisher/HostPrior Performing Arts Center
Prior Presents: Hanif Abdurraqib (Public Lecture)
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MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib is an award-winning poet, essayist, and music and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His newest release, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Random House, 2024), was a New York Times Bestseller and longlisted for the National Book Award in nonfiction. His 2021 book, A Little Devil In America: Notes on Black Performance, placed as a finalist for the National Book Award.
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