These Are the Breaks A Collection of Prose

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ISBN: 9781935904144 | 1935904140
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/3/2011

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In these gnomic essays and prose poems are tragic histories, startling insights, racial riddles, Utopian hopes. Idris Goodwin's voice is steady, tender, discerning, and his journeys are always rewarding.

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Preface	p. 12
1986	p. 14
Esham	p. 15
	p. 17
Old Ladies And Dope Boys	p. 19
Hip Hop On Adams Road	p. 20
Vinyl	p. 21
These Are the Breaks	p. 24
The Flavor Unit	p. 26
Something About Lying	p. 28
What I Learned From Al Jolson	p. 31
Black Face Along The Great White Way	p. 33
The Headbanger	p. 36
Signal: A Mother-ship Song	p. 39
Don't Be A Sellout	p. 41
Exodus	p. 44
The South Loop	p. 45
Me And Mahmoud Down By The Dead Sea	p. 46
The Idris Goodwin Dojo For The Rhyming Arts	p. 49
The Gangster Rap Question	p. 51
A Found Essay	p. 54
Seven Remixes Of The Phonogram	p. 55
Whistling	p. 56
Election Year	p. 58
Pre, Post and Currently Racial America	p. 60
10 Up: Reflections On The First Decade Of Our New Millennium	p. 63
Black Santa	p. 65
Sol Food	p. 67
Show And Prove	p. 69
A Poor Profession	p. 71
Lord Finesse Vs. Percee P: A Play-by-Play	p. 73
Break Beat Poetry	p. 79
Speech, Speech!	p. 81
Fallin' Off	p. 86
The Unremarkable	p. 88
The Colossus Weeps	p. 89
Questionnaire For United States/Indonesia Studies Exchange	p. 91
A Jungle Tale	p. 94
When Black Actors Win Oscars	p. 96
The Nat Turner Chase Movie Pitch	p. 98
On Tour With The King	p. 100
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