BreakBeat Poets Series

18 primary works • 18 total works
Haymarket Books

The BreakBeat Poets series is committed to work that brings the aesthetic of hip-hop practice to the page. These books are a cipher for the fresh, with an eye always to the next. We strive to center and showcase some of the most exciting voices in literature, art, and culture.
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
4.28
· 616 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
A first-of-its-kind anthology of hip-hop poetica w…
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1989, The Number
3.70
· 57 Ratings · 8 Reviews · 1 edition
For hip-hop heads 89 was the peak of the Golden Er…
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This Is Modern Art: A Play
4.11
· 64 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2016 · 2 editions
A glimpse into the lives of anonymous graffiti art…
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The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
4.44
· 440 Ratings · 67 Reviews · published 2018 · 5 editions
A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canon…
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Commando
4.09
· 82 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
E’mon Lauren’s poems take artifacts, language, and…
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Human Highlight: An Ode to Dominique Wilkins
4.35
· 20 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2018 · 3 editions
Kevin Coval and Idris Goodwin pay poetic homage to…
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Black Queer Hoe
4.43
· 950 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 2018 · 3 editions
A refreshing, unapologetic intervention into ongoi…
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Citizen Illegal
4.35
· 2910 Ratings · 418 Reviews · published 2018 · 5 editions
Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as…
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On My Way to Liberation
4.18
· 211 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
How do you imagine trans liberation while living i…
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Graphite
4.36
· 64 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2018 · 2 editions
Patricia Frazier’s Graphite is an ode to her grand…
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The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me
4.34
· 440 Ratings · 79 Reviews · published 2019 · 3 editions
A BreakBeat Poets anthology of writings by Muslims…
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Build Yourself a Boat
4.05
· 1189 Ratings · 178 Reviews · published 2019 · 8 editions
2019 National Book Award Longlist

A poetic explorat…
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Everything Must Go
4.18
· 146 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2019 · 5 editions
Award-winning poet Kevin Coval and graphic artist …
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Can I Kick It?
4.35
· 80 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2019 · 3 editions
Award-winning poet and playwright Idris Goodwin in…
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A People's History of Chicago
4.34
· 740 Ratings · 127 Reviews · published 2017 · 5 editions
Known variously as “‘the Windy City,”’ “‘the City …
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Bloodstone Cowboy
4.06
· 63 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition
Kara Jackson’s Bloodstone Cowboy is a reclamation …
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The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext
4.44
· 242 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2020 · 3 editions
In the dynamic tradition of the BreakBeat Poets an…
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Too Much Midnight
4.61
· 44 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2020 · 2 editions
Krista Franklin draws on Pan African histories, Bl…
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