Juan Vidal

“The Louisville Lip” was famously as fast with his words as with his fists — years before the birth of hip hop, he was a battle rapper flipping similes and metaphors in a language all his own.

Returning to a book you’ve read before can feel like getting a drink with an old friend. But even though the book’s the same, you yourself may have changed — and that’s what makes rereading so rich.