The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop

by Kevin Coval (Editor)

Other authorsQuraysh Ali Lansana (Editor), Nate Marshall (Editor)
Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

PS617

Publication

Haymarket Books (2015), Edition: First Edition, 376 pages

Description

"This is the first anthology of poems by and for the hip-hop generation . . . It includes more than four decades of poets and covers the birth to the now of hip-hop culture and music and style"--page xv.

User reviews

LibraryThing member susanbooks
There are a few standouts here; the opening poem by DJ Renegade is a marvel. For the most part, though, this is a collection of very young, promising poets, more a list of who to keep an eye on than a collection that's worth reading now.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

376 p.; 9.25 inches

ISBN

1608463958 / 9781608463954

UPC

884185440543
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