{"title":"Greg Tate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Tate\u003c\/strong\u003e offers thought-provoking explorations into arts and culture, blending incisive criticism with a distinctive voice. His work often challenges conventional narratives, shedding light on the intersections of race, music, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a powerful mix of essays and reflections that confront cultural complexities with both wit and depth. Tate’s writing invites engagement with the broader conversations shaping contemporary artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"flyboy-in-the-buttermilk-by-greg-tate-9781837314027","title":"Flyboy in the Buttermilk","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying collection of essays from legendary cultural critic Greg Tate, with an introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a foreword by Questlove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the most original, creative, and provocative writers on American culture comes a now-classic collection of essays, delving \u003cem\u003efar and wide into Black music, into film, into the beats and rhyme of culture\u003c\/em\u003e (Questlove).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese pieces orbit social, pop cultural, political, and economic subjects—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. With unrivalled flair, Tate writes in a voice that is at once angry, joyous, self-critiquing, and dazzlingly witty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTate teaches us \u003cem\u003eit is not too late to say too much, to be so dissatisfied with the world as it is that we throw far too many words toward the sky, and see what the heavens throw back\u003c\/em\u003e (Hanif Abdurraqib).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976661254380,"sku":"9781837314027","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837314027-flyboy-in-the-buttermilk.jpg?v=1784695218"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/greg-tate.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}