{"product_id":"9780374394622","title":"Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Tate was my first, and in some ways truest, North \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStar . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewas the first person who validated the art that I loved and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emade it intellectually viable.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Questlove, from the foreword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"T\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe velocity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand volume of his exuberance, his demands, his curiosities, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand, yes, his vibrant dissatisfactions pulled me to the edge of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emy chair.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Hanif Absurraqib, from the introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\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 \u003ci\u003eFlyboy in the Buttermilk \u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43260643803197,"sku":"9780374394622","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780374394622_p0.jpg?v=1781004700","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780374394622","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}