Human Highlight: An Ode To Dominique Wilkins (BreakBeat Poets) - Softcover

Coval, Kevin; Goodwin, Idris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608469840 ISBN 13: 9781608469840

Publisher: Haymarket Books, 2018

Synopsis

In 1988, Dominque Wilkins & Michael Jordan squared off in Chicago for the most epic dunk contest in the history of the sport. 30 years later, poets & playwrights, Idris Goodwin & Kevin Coval, long-time collaborators, pay homage to the slam dunk, the anniversary of contest & to the moment & to the sport that changed culture in America & around the globe. Human Highlight: An Ode to Dominique Wilkins is a celebration of creativity, improvisation & the beauty & power in the game of basketball.

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About the Authors

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 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.

IDRIS GOODWIN is an award-winning playwright, poet, and essayist. He is the author of the pushcart nominated collection These Are The Breaks. He’s performed poetry on HBO, Sesame Street, and Discovery Channel. Goodwin’s work is featured in The Break Beat Poets and Spoken Word Revolution anthologies, in addition to numerous literary journals. His widely produced stage-plays include: How We Got On, This Is Modern Art co-written with Kevin Coval, And In This Corner: Cassius Clay, Hands Up and Bars and Measures. He’s received support from the NEA and Ford Foundation and awarded Oregon Shakespeare’s American History Cycle Commission, The Blue Ink Playwriting Award and InterAct Theater’s 20/20 Prize. Idris is an assistant professor in The Department of Theatre and Dance at Colorado College. Find him at www.idrisgoodwin.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608469840
• ISBN 13: 9781608469840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28