Jay-Z and Michiko K.: Kindred Spirits

November 23, 2010

Michiko Kakutani‘s generous and oddly moving review of Jay-Z‘s Decodedin which she seems to find a kindred spirit –  almost makes me want to take back all the mean things I’ve said about her. I still don’t trust her judgment, but the review’s worth reading just for the mental image of her in big headphones, nodding along to “Streets Is Watching.” Go ‘head, shorty.

is the author of City on Fire and A Field Guide to the North American Family. In 2017, he was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists.