Good Books

The semester is killing me but I wanted to give a quick shout out to Christopher Weingarten's Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Million to Hold Us Back. It is nice to read a well-written book about hip-hop that is not "scholarly." Even though it frequently strays from Public Enemy, it, with all of its asides into James Brown and Parliament, is interesting. A good quick read!

Also, I am really enjoying Zadie Smith's WhiteTeeth. I cannot figure out why I did not pick it up when it come out!