Into the Zone: Essays on Opposites and Borders

Editor's Note Between boundaries and borders… Kunzru’s collection takes you into “the zone,” the liminal space between boundaries and binaries where more things reside than we’re comfortable admitting (like, is there really a big distinction between life and death?). These stories, which unpack the complexities of humanity’s self-imposed boxes, bring clarity to some of the most hotly debated cultural topics (like whether Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is country or rap). Description From Pushkin Industries, Into the Zone is a collection of essays about opposites and how borders are never as clear as we think. With a novelist's eye for the unexpected, author Hari Kunzru takes listeners around the world, meeting philosophers and punk musicians, New Age gurus and space explorers, to investigate the gray zone between life and death, public and private, black and white, and more. Originally created as a podcast, this new audiobook expands on how history happens through antagonism and includes a new foreword and afterword.