These are the Breaks

These Are The Breaks is the debut essay collection of NEA award-winning playwright, HBO Def Poet, and critically acclaimed indie rapper, Idris Goodwin. Diverse in scope and wickedly satirical, Goodwins poetic essays sample race, class, and culture, transcending the page with hip-hop musicality. A rhythmic blend of biting wit and break-beat poetry, Goodwins prose pulses with purpose. Remixing broken dreams and distorted legacies, Goodwin cross-fades past and present, personal and political: Motowns last vinyl factory juxtaposes against Bronx rap legends battling in open-air arenas; Chicagos Public School system contrasts against Santa Fes tourism industry; an Egyptian child drowns in the Dead Sea as Nat Turner sprints across Death Valley. These Are The Breaks is the literary mixtape of our cacophonous times.