Idris Goodwin

These Are the Breaks

A Collection of Prose

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These Are The Breaks is the debut essay collection of NEA award-winning playwright, HBO Def Poet, and critically acclaimed "indie" rapper, Idris Goodwin. A rhythmic blend of biting wit and break-beat poetry, Goodwin's prose pulses with purpose. Remixing broken dreams and distorted legacies, Goodwin cross-fades past and present, personal and political: Motown's last vinyl factory juxtaposes against Bronx rap legends battling in open-air arenas; Chicago's Public School system contrasts against Santa Fe's tourism industry; an Egyptian child drowns in the Dead Sea as Nat Turner sprints across Death Valley. Diverse in scope and wickedly satirical, Goodwin's poetic essays sample race, class, and culture, transcending the page with hip-hop musicality. These Are The Breaks is the literary mixtape of our cacophonous times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: write bloody publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9781935904144
• ISBN-10: 1935904140
• Artikelnr.: 32793153

Autorenporträt

Idris Goodwin is an NEA award-winning playwright, break beat poet, recording artist, and educator whose work examines the intersection of the personal and the socio-political. Idris' theater works have enjoyed world premieres across the nation. He has been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam, The Discovery Channel and National Public Radio. Recently, Chicago's SGE Records released Idris' critically acclaimed hip-hop album Break Beat Poems. His written work has been published in anthologies and literary journals. Idris teaches and lectures at institutions on themes of arts, culture and empowerment.