IDRIS GOODWIN

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Friday, October 8, 2010

MY LITERARY DEBUT


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BREAK BEAT BARS EP

BREAK BEAT BARS EP
A collabo with Diles

THESE ARE THE BREAKS

THESE ARE THE BREAKS
first collection of essays on hip hop, race and identity

BREAK BEAT POEMS

BREAK BEAT POEMS
full length album on SGE

IDRIS IN ACTION

"What is they feedin our kids?" on HBO DEF POETRY

Idris performs on Sesame Street

Brainstorm music video

Idris performs "The Gangster Rap Question" from his latest book

Idris covers "Alphabet Aerobics" with some very skilled musicians

Idris performs "Used Car" from Break Beat Poems

Idris performs "The Freelance Blues" from Break Beat Poems






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IDRIS GOODWIN is a playwright, poet, essayist, educator and performer. His genre-defying, hip hop influenced work for page and stage earned him awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation, The Hip Hop Theater Fest and The Illinois Arts Council. His play How We Got On, developed at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center will premiere at The 2012 Humana Festival of New Plays. This acclaimed hip hop lyricist was praised by the New York Times, National Public Radio and The Root Magazine, who named him in the top 30 performance poets in the world. Idris appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry, The Discovery Channel, and most recently, Sesame Street. These Are The Breaks, his debut collection of essays, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Idris is an adjunct playwriting professor at Northwestern University. Throughout the year this highly sought artist educator gives over fifty performances and lectures at institutions across the country.
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