Untitled. (1-5)
<p>Hassan has written a Black litany that is also a Black liturgy. <em>Untitled. (1-5)</em> is a chanting down of Babylon without and Babylon within. It takes the staccato collapses of composure under duress, and drums them into a crazy rhythm. This is a chant that wields laughter against comedy, but preserves the humor within the grotesque. It gradually builds sound into a wave that crashes over any remaining threadbare notions of a sovereign self.</p>
Authors: Nazareth Hassan
Contributors: Tavia Nyong'o
Editors: Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, Mary Marge Locker, Kimberly Alidio, Verity Sturm, Egbert Vongmalaithong, Marci Green
Designer: Omnivore