The Breakbeat Poets

prior to the book's release we will offer free audio downloads of poems 100 galleys for pitches to music (Wax Poetics, URB), literary (Poets and Writers), race-oriented (ColorLines) and political outlets As Coval has previously had cover features on two major local publications, Chicago Tribune Magazine and New City Chicago, we aim to pitch major features to Chicago magazine (6th largest monthly magazine in the country), and The Chicago Reader Feature interview on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and performance on PBS affiliate WTTW's "Chicago Tonight", pitches to local afternoon news outlets which Coval has been on in the past Advertising in Poets and Writers Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements Presence at the Association of Writing Professionals conference Submission to all applicable poetry awards

A first-of-its-kind anthology of hip-hop poetica written for and by the people.Just as blues influenced the Harlem Renaissance and jazz influenced the Black Arts Movement, hip-hop's musical and cultural force has shaped the aesthetics of and given rise to a new generation of American poets. Edited by poets Kevin Coval, Nate Marshall, and Quraysh Ali Lansana, The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop is the first anthology of poetry from the hip-hop generation. The Breakbeat Poets are multigenerational and multiracial, employing traditional and wild style poetics to narrate a new landscape.