The Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip Hop & the Poetry of a New Generation Mark Eleveld
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated

Enclosed in the Her own stance on the matter is relatively catholic: she herself finds certain verse, including the work of some Language and Hip-Hop poets, indecipherable. And in an unequivocal nod The Hip-Hop Generation's Bakari Kitwana compared Coval to Gwendolyn Brooks and wrote that Coval, “ is fierce enough to excavate the beauty and horror of our time…reporting what Chicago looks like in the hip-hop era.”. His mastery of the word solidifies his position as one of the most unique voices of hip hops new generation. May 12, 2011 - He's like hip-hop's boy next door—a Richie Cunningham-type better known for his ability to model cardigans in GQ than for impeccable street cred (let alone the ability to inspire some fantasy army of rap-loving street soldiers to rise up in rebellion). Expect Obsesion's stage presence, musicianship and lyrics to not only be a first in Canada, but to be a show that will bring the flavor of the Cuban spirit and revolutionary dedication to our collective struggle for humanity. Left of Black : Episode 3 (10/4/10). Oct 21, 2008 - Coval is the author of Slingshots (a hip-hop poetica) which was named Book of the Year-finalist (2006) by The American Library Association and he is currently promoting his new book of poetry, Everyday People. Jan 20, 2005 - Or so Bierds pens him to the page, revisiting a recurring theme in her poetry: the modernist's prognosis of space and time, which, in the wake of "The Love Song of J. Between the old generation and new, then, the bell persists. Alfred Prufrock," have been asleep, etherized, and malingering. May 19, 2014 - Brave New Voices slam champion Joshua Bennett performs "Tamaraʼs Opus" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009. Kitwana is the author of The Hip-Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture (2002) and Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabees and the New Reality of Race in America (2005). Project A-slam is establishing themselves as being one of the first groups to strictly fuse hip-hop/rap and Punjabi instead of R&B.