Reviews

Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America by Greg Tate, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

rogermckenzie's review against another edition

5.0

I thought this was a great read. It achieved that rare feat of not only informing me but it also revealed to me artists, such as Basquiat, who, to my everlasting disgrace, I had only a scant knowledge of. It has also led me in the direction of new reading. Any book that can achieve these feats not only deserves the rarity of 5 stars from me but also warrants investigation by you.

arealreactionary's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

chillcox15's review against another edition

5.0

Other than the Central Park 5 essay (which, who could blame Tate at the time, but yEESh), this is so, so good and so full of pitch-perfect cultural criticism that is both jocular and genius, appreciative and critical. Rest in Power!

amsengg's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

grantsharpies's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

kevinsmokler's review against another edition

5.0

Not everything here is perfect and sometime Greg Tate is a smarter rather than clearer writer when unadornment would serve the asubject and the argument better. But reading "Flyboy" you realize you are in the presence of a genius, a voice reaching down from the cosmos unlike any you have ever heard. And so you forgive it when its once-in-a-while too twisted or loud or muffled or sharp. Because when it is quiet, you are better for having heard it, better for your listening and it makes you want to be better too.