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2000s's review against another edition
4.0
Great debut to the Breakbeat Poets series. Took me a long time to get through and I think some of the poems would do better in the spoken word than in print, but overall enjoyed them, learned from them, will come back to them. The ars poeticas and essays in the back were a gift as well.
yourvillainoriginstory's review against another edition
5.0
It is a great compilation comprising a wide range of lyricists, poets, wordsmiths, and kids with something to say who want to say it in new ways.
Like with any reader, some works did not produce the same effects, but like a good anthology all the works complimented the whole of the project.
Like with any reader, some works did not produce the same effects, but like a good anthology all the works complimented the whole of the project.
jasbeingjas's review against another edition
4.0
This is the first in the Breakbeat Poets series. It's an incredible collection and an amazing foundation for what is a thoughtful and diverse series. Some of my favorites in this collection are "duck, duck, redux,""global warming blues," "I have a drone," and "100 bells." There were definitely parts of breakbeat and hip hop culture that I am not familiar with and that I bookmarked to go back to and look into.
dfparizeau's review against another edition
5.0
I often come back to this anthology when I am feeling weary about the last book(s) I've read. I never tire of the subversion of form and language in these poems. Each time I feel like I clue into something we that the language is doing and it leaves me eager to re-read the pieces again and again.
adriatrees's review against another edition
4.0
A collection of poetry from writers born from 1961-1999. Poetry inspired by hip-hop and breakbeat poetics. “...hip hop is ultimately a weapon for life and against the wack, the white supremacist.” I was excited to read this poetry anthology because it featured poets that I admired such as Danez Smith, Morgan Parker, Jericho Brown, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo, and Jamila Woods (as well as introducing me to poets that I’d love to read more from like Kevin Coval, Tarfia Faizullah, Idris Goodwin, Tony Medina, Joy Priest, Patrick Rosal, Evie Shockley, and more.) Because most of these poems are hip hop inspired and SLAM, and are written in beats, they are something I would appreciate to hear because I feel like that’d be more impactful than reading. I’m looking forward to reading the other volumes of BreakBeat Poets! Good read.
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