A conversation I've been wanting to have for a long time: Hanif Abdurraqib [https://www.abdurraqib.com/]joins the podcast to talk about Umang Kalra [https://linktr.ee/umangkalra]'s poem "Job Security [https://proteanmag.com/2023/02/07/job-security/]." Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, A Fortune for Your Disaster, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, and The Crown Ain't Worth Much. He has a new book coming out in March, 2024: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension. You can find links to all of these titles on Hanif's website [https://www.abdurraqib.com/book]. Follow Hanif on Twitter [https://twitter.com/NifMuhammad]. If you enjoyed the episode, please share it with a friend, and follow, rate, and review the podcast. Subscribe to my Substack [https://kamranjavadizadeh.substack.com/], where you'll get an occasional newsletter to update you on the pod and my other work.