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Kevin Coval
Kevin Coval is a poet and community builder. As the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and professor at t...view moreKevin Coval is a poet and community builder. As the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago—where he teaches hip-hop aesthetics—he’s mentored thousands of young writers, artists and musicians.
He is the author and editor of many books, including A People's History of Chicago and The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, 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.view less
Books by Kevin Coval
Everything Must Go: The Life and Death of an American Neighborhood 1989, The Number Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Schtick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Human Highlight: An Ode To Dominique Wilkins Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings