The genius of vinyl is that it allows - commands! - us to put our fingerprints all over that history: to blend and chop and reconfigure it, mock and muse upon it, backspin and skip through it. Adam Mansbach backspinblendchop Change image and share on social
Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal. Adam Mansbach bearfundamentallyhip Change image and share on social
The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project, you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story. And yet there are certain concerns that stay constant. Adam Mansbach aestheticapproachconcern share on social
We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting. Adam Mansbach acceptasleepawesome Change image and share on social
Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing. Adam Mansbach dancedemocraticdualism share on social
My approach is to treat writing very much as a job. Adam Mansbach approachjobtreat Change image and share on social
I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them. Adam Mansbach audiencefigurehave Change image and share on social
I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight. Adam Mansbach abilityhiphop Change image and share on social
Look closely, and you can see where the grooves of a record widen, indicating a sparseness that can only be a bass solo, or grow denser to accommodate a cresting density of sound. Adam Mansbach accommodatebasclosely Change image and share on social
I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion. Adam Mansbach conflationculturejewish Change image and share on social