In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

A Rapper In The Library and Hansberry Beyond "Raisin"


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Earlier this week we talked with a librarian…who’s also a rapper. Or, is that a rapper who’s also a librarian? Either way, Chicago’s Roy Kinsey is a unique Chicago artist whose recent work is getting a lot of attention. He sat down to talk about his personal journey, and how he’s always aware of how his family’s stories shaped who he’s become. And you can’t talk with a hip hop librarian without talking about authors. And you can’t talk about authors in Chicago without mentioning Lorraine Hansberry. Hansberry is known best for her seminal play “A Raisin In The Sun”. But while many of us are familiar with Hansberry the writer, few people know about Hansberry the person. Princeton professor Imani Perry aims to change that with her new biography “Looking for Lorraine: the Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry”. Let’s listen in as Perry fills in some details of Lorraine’s short but fascinating life with WBEZ’s Natalie Moore.
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