book – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk A blog from a lifestyle journo covering culture, food and style in London and beyond. Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:50:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cropped-logo_2017-32x32.jpg book – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk 32 32 Five Dope Tracks is a curation of dope music, five tracks at a time. Check out the monthly playlist each month on Spotify. book – The Cultural Exposé clean episodic book – The Cultural Exposé megerecooper@gmail.com megerecooper@gmail.com (book – The Cultural Exposé) The Five Dope Tracks music podcast book – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/five_dope_tracks_podcast_cover.jpg http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk Currently reading: The Sellout by Paul Beatty http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/currently-reading-the-sellout-by-paul-beatty/ http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/currently-reading-the-sellout-by-paul-beatty/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:00:03 +0000 http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/?p=11445 When I heard Paul Beatty, author of The White Boy Shuffle, was releasing his new book this year, I was elated. It was a fantastic read, so here’s to hoping The Sellout is just a hilarious, provocative and thought-provoking. The Guardian seems to think so. What books are you getting through this year? 

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]]> When I heard Paul Beatty, author of The White Boy Shuffle, was releasing his new book this year, I was elated. It was a fantastic read, so here’s to hoping The Sellout is just a hilarious, provocative and thought-provoking. The Guardian seems to think so.

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What books are you getting through this year? 

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]]> http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/currently-reading-the-sellout-by-paul-beatty/feed/ 2 Currently reading: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/currently-reading-between-the-world-and-me-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/currently-reading-between-the-world-and-me-by-ta-nehisi-coates/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:52:38 +0000 http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/?p=11363 I’d never heard of Ta-Nehisi Coates until an episode of This American Life. The exact theme escapes me, but the story where his name popped up was about a guy who had writer friend he’d grown up with but he’d become so famous, he was rubbing shoulders with Barack and Jay-Z. All because he could […]

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]]> I’d never heard of Ta-Nehisi Coates until an episode of This American Life. The exact theme escapes me, but the story where his name popped up was about a guy who had writer friend he’d grown up with but he’d become so famous, he was rubbing shoulders with Barack and Jay-Z. All because he could grasp race and politics in a way that hadn’t been seen since fellow New Yorker James Baldwin. Naturally, I was intrigued. Who was this cool writer in the US that loved hip-hop and was writing about the race? It took me a while to find him because I googled his name phonetically (“Tanaheesy?”) but a couple of pals happened to be reading his book Between the World and Me. One of those lovely peeps eventually gave me his copy.

So far, it’s so good (Ta-Nehisi is a beautiful writer)  and it could easily be the literary companion to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly, one of my favourite albums in 2015 – but I’m taking an absolute age to get through it. There’s much to chew over with this one…IMG_9397

Have you read Between the World and Me? What did you think of it? 

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