Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & LiteratureAge Group:
Adult (18+)Program Description
Event Details
Are you an Urban Fiction reader?
This month we will be reading
Jay-Z Made in America- by Jay Z
Description
JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson’s decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove. But as a rapper, he’s sometimes not given the credit he deserves for just how great an artist he’s been for so long. This book wrestles with the biggest themes of JAY-Z's career, including hustling, and it recognizes the way that he’s always weaved politics into his music, making important statements about race, criminal justice, black wealth and social injustice. As he enters his fifties, and to mark his thirty years as a recording artist, this is the perfect time to take a look at JAY-Z’s career and his role in making this nation what it is today.
The book can be found with the options below:
Dallas Public Library Online Catalog
Hoopla link is to register for free, and use your library card to check the eBook out.
https://www.hoopladigital.com/
Overdrive link is to register for free, and use your library card to check the eBook out.
https://www.overdrive.com/
This program is available online only. Join us virtually on Zoom to discuss the selected book.
Registration is required.