It Was Written – Poetry Inspired by Hip-hop (Book Release Party)
1508 11th Ave
“It Was Written: Poetry Inspired by Hip-Hop” is the latest book from indie publishers Minor Arcana Press. Edited by Jason McCall and PJ Williams, the book features poems by over 50 poets including Tara Betts, Robert Lashley, Jericho Brown, and more. Plus, over 30 writing prompts to inspire you to pick up a pen and join the cypher.
READINGS FROM
Robert Lashley
Quenton Baker
Brian McGuigan
& more
ON THE TURNTABLES
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From Hollis Wong-Wear:
“IT WAS WRITTEN models a central tenant of hip-hop culture: call and response. The call is the music and culture of hip-hop — the framework — and in this collection, the poets’ responses are a spectrum of form and feel, from celebration to clap-back, nostalgic exaltation to piercing critique to hip-hop as backdrop, a departure point in order to arrive at some real sh*t.”
No cover, 21+
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