Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib performs "Some I Love Who are Dead"

Sharing the stage with Sarah Kay & Clint Smith, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib performs "Some I love who are Dead". Hanif is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. He is the editor of Again I Wait For This To Pull Apart, an anthology of poems relating to music, released by Freezeray Press in 2015. His first full length collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, is forthcoming in 2016 from Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press. He is a Callaloo Creative Writing Fellow, an interviewer at Union Station Magazine, and a poetry editor at Muzzle Magazine.

[@seawatcher7519]

This was unbelievably beautiful. He's got such a way with words.

[@seegarslu]

Had the pleasures of hearing this live, and I'm so happy I found it again online. I can't describe how breathless I was throughout the entire poem. Simply amazing.

[@kennedynduati2213]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever listened to.♥️

[@Tunuwamai]

ME TOO!!!

[@sarwaazeez1369]

That was so heartwarming. It brought tears to my eyes.

[@Nalanislive610]

When I finally get to the end of this I say f*** with no Malice but pure joy you did it

[@loveandgrace57]

Profoundly beautiful.

[@Moonstreamfeline]

amazing how he memorised all that

[@duaaelseed1329]

That was really awesome!

[@melindyD]

Beautiful

[@anthonyourbrother]

poet.
Thank you 🙏

[@lesliecorners6152]

Suns goin down boy, dark gon catch me here

[@anthonyourbrother]

6:00 - 6:19❤️

[@nupuruils]

Which book can I find this poem in?