Ismail Muhammad is a PhD student in the English Department at UC Berkeley, where he studies post-’45 American literature, affect, and theories of black personality at mid-century. He (seldom) tweets at @ucismail.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

From Outer Space, or Something: Fantasizing Capital in Contemporary Hip-Hop
Rappers like Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Kanye West use fantasy to challenge the duty to represent lack within black life....
