The Anthology of Rap

Whether you're an aficionado of rap or unschooled in its eloquence, you'll likely be surprised by the unswaggering yet persuasive confidence with which this anthology of 300 lyrics, written over 30 years, makes the case for the immediate and enduring relevance of its poetic tradition. Edited by Andrew DuBois and BNR contributor Adam Bradley.

June 20: Today is World Refugee Day, as designated by the United Nations in 2001. According to the renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, the modern refugee problem should not be attributed to wars and despots but to a civilization that…

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

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