Hanif Abdurraqib vs. Obsession

On today’s episode of VS , Ajanae and Brittany interview Hanif Abdurraqib. Listen in as they discuss burned cd’s, the cost of being a collector, living archives, new projects, and obsession as an origin story. Until Next Time: Here is some media to accompany your experience of the episode and a writing prompt to tide you over until we meet again! June Jordan - June Jordan at the NYS Writers Institute in 2000 Gloria Naylor - GREAT BLACK BOOKS! Presents THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor Aracelis Girmay - “ You Are Who I Love” Reading by Aracelis Girmay Writing Prompt: Consider a piece of ephemera or archival material in your family. Write a poem using the object and the year of its making as the title. Consider what the object represents now. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Hanif Abdurraqib vs. Obsession is an episode from VS by Poetry Foundation.

This episode is 01:06:19 long.

This episode was published on Jul 22, 2025.

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