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.
- ISBN10 1608463958
- ISBN13 9781608463954
- Publish Date 7 April 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Haymarket Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 354
- Language English