Oakland in Popular Memory is a collection of interviews with 12 innovative artists from Oakland, California and beyond who are putting a new “there” in Oakland. The interviews cover topics like race relations in Oakland in the post-Oscar Grant era, postmodern literary theory, Occupy Oakland, and the changing landscape of the music industry during the digital revolution.
Through Matt Werner’s long-form interviews with artists like MC Lars, Chinaka Hodge, Saul Williams, Talib Kweli, Dahlak Brathwaite, Dave Smallen, George Watsky, Ise Lyfe, K.Flay, Kid Beyond, Rafael Casal, and Kool A.D., Oakland is seen as an engine of cultural innovation, as a city bustling with lively avant-garde art and music scenes, spanning from indie rock to spoken word to hip-hop.
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