Idris Goodwin: 3 books

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, Goodwin’s poetic essays sample race, class, and culture, transcending the page with hip-hop musicality....

Inspired by inaugural poets of the past, Inauguration is a collection of poems crafted in response to the commencement of a new administration. Writing out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, one of the most divided cities in the country, Goodwin and Wilkinson trade ruminations of survival in a hostile...

This is Modern Art was commissioned by Steppenwolf Theater for Young Audiences. It was developed at New Voices/ New Visions at The Kennedy Center in 2014. Because the play was extremely well received, theatre companies around the country are looking to stage it. The book is part of a...