They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kills Us Archive Music, Violence, and Joy in They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Author: Lesley Jenike | Apr122023 Categories: Critical Essays No comments Hanif Abdurraqib’s 2017 essay collection explores a conflict he sees in his own project, perhaps in any endeavor toward joy: how can one write about music, let alone listen to it or make it, when people are dying?