Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet and critic from the east side of Columbus, Ohio. His latest book, A Little Devil In America, is forthcoming in March 2021. His work has been published in various journals, from PEN American to New York Times. His third book, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest (University of Texas Press, 2019) became a New York Times best seller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was long-listed for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune for Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.