Kevin Coval
Kevin Coval is the author and editor of ten books, including The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop and Schtick, and co-author of the play, This is Modern Art. His work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, The Drunken Boat, Chicago Tribune, CNN, Fake Shore Drive, Huffington Post, and four seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.
Blog
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Breakbeat Poets Live! (Chapter 1)
The BreakBeat Poets Live is a virtual, multi-generational showcase of some of the illest writers on the planet rock.
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The Life and Death of an American Neighborhood
Everything Must Go, a new collaboration between poet Kevin Coval and illustrator Langston Allston, excavates and mourns that which has been lost in transition and serves as a template for understanding the process of displacement and reinvention currently reshaping American cities.
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Haymarket Authors Celebrate Haymarket's 15th Anniversary
On Saturday, November 5, Haymarket authors Dave Zirin, Ali Abunimah, Bill Ayers, and more came together in Chicago to celebrate Haymarket's 15th anniversary.
Books
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Everything Must Go
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Milwaukee Avenue
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Human Highlight
by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin -
A People's History of Chicago
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This Is Modern Art
by Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin
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1989, The Number
by Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall -
The BreakBeat Poets
Edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, et al. -
Schtick
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L-vis Lives!
by Kevin Coval