{"product_id":"book-kga9","title":"Flyboy in the Buttermilk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reissue of 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\u003eThis program is read by Dion Graham and Mikel Mwalimu-Banks with introductions written and read by Questlove, Hanif Abdurraqib, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. It also features music by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover art © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from AUWA Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67721086501168,"sku":"BDkga9","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/kga9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1788374729","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kga9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}