![]() "Black Music Month: 15 Books About the Impact of Black Music on Pop Culture" Medlin’s conversation with Hip-Hop culture is vast, respecting the unflinching spirit of Southern trap music and even critiquing Kanye West’s infamous 'slavery sounds like a choice' remark." Harkening back to their childhood origins of Phoenix, Arizona, where Black children were few and far between, Medlin transcends space and time by putting their lived experiences to a Hip-Hop beat. Poet, essayist and artist Sean Avery Medlin puts verses from their 2018 album Skinnyblk in six 'records' about cultural appropriation, interracial relationships, and their contemplation of Black masculinity. " 808s and Otherworlds gives a voice to queer Black rap enthusiasts. This is shorter, intense fare that should find its way into your backpack." Their words can be as uplifting as they are poignant, as reflective as they are inspiring. Whether they are writing about their suburban upbringing in Phoenix, their favorite performers, love or the omissions of Black contributions to America, what Medlin leaves is a work whose words will reverberate long after you put the book down. "Using hip-hop songs and album titles as a primer, Sean Avery Medlin (who uses they/them pronouns) dives into a collection of short stories, poetry and insights in Black life, Black history and Black masculinity through their lens. Read excerpts of 808s & Otherworlds by Sean Avery Medlin on ENTROPY. Geeks OUT interview with Sean Avery Medlin by Michele Kirichanskaya ()ĪVOCADO DIARIES' Sean Loughran in conversation with Sean Avery Medlin () TriQuarterly interview with Sean Avery Medlin () by Joshua Bohnsack Michigan Quarterly Review interview with Sean Avery Medlin () by Sam Small Through storytelling rhymes and vulnerable narratives in conversation with both contemporary Hip-Hop culture and systemic anti-Blackness, 808s & Otherworlds pieces together a speculative reality where Blackfolk are simultaneously superhuman and dehumanized.įrom the gut-wrenchingly real stories of young lovers unmythed by segregation or former classmates appropriating Black culture, to the fantastic settings of Hip-Hop songs and comic characters, Medlin weaves a tapestry of worlds and otherworlds while composing a love letter to family and self, told to an undeniably energetic beat. Against the backdrop of the Phoenix suburbs where they were raised, Medlin interrogates the effects of media misrepresentation on the performance of Black masculinity. "Most-Anticipated New LGBTQIA+ Books of 2021" -Paperback ParisĨ08s & Otherworlds: Memories, Remixes, & Mythologies announces a bold and incendiary new voice in Sean Avery Medlin. "September’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature" -Lambda Literary
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