by kspence | Jan 14, 2016 | Announcements, Knocking the Hustle, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism, NPR
A few weeks ago Tom Hall at WYPR interviewed me about the book, one of the first interviews I conducted. Began with a nice version of Cannonball Adderley’s Work Song.
by kspence | Jan 13, 2016 | Announcements, Knocking the Hustle, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism
I recently appeared on The Global African (the last episode unfortunately) to talk about Knocking the Hustle.
by kspence | Nov 11, 2014 | Announcements, Media Appearances |
Haven’t posted anything since the beginning of the term. I had a feeling this would be the busiest year of my professional career and I wasn’t that far off. So it’s caused me to neglect a range of non-essential forms of writing. With that said,...
by kspence | Jan 1, 2014 | Announcements, Black Popular Culture, Culture
[mixcloud]https://x.mixcloud.com/lesterspence/in-search-of-iton-remix/[/mixcloud] On Thursday, April 21, 2013, Richard Iton, Professor of African American Studies at Northwestern University, passed away after a long bout with leukemia. In honor of his work,...
by kspence | Jun 1, 2013 | Announcements
Hey. Haven't been around since March. I've been hit pretty hard by a few key losses that made it difficult for me to write (here) regularly. My dissertation advisor passed away unexpectedly earlier in the year. I wrote about how much he meant to me and...
by kspence | Mar 20, 2013 | Announcements |
I received notice last week that Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics was selected as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists' Du Bois Award given for the best book published on black politics within a two year period. I...
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