Step into a World

This is the best work of hip-hop generation writers captured in a single volume. "Kevin Powell is pushing to bring the voices of his generation: the concerns, the cares, the fears, and the fearlessness." - Nikki Giovanni. From fiction writers, poets, journalists, and commentators, this absorbing anthology captures, for the first time, the new school of black writing, including established and award-winning authors like Junot Diaz, Edwidge Danticat, Danyel Smith, and Paul Beatty, as well as emerging voices from around the world. In addition to showing today's literary flowering, "Step Into A World" provides a window into the crucial issues of contemporary black life, including racial and sexual identity, post-civil rights politics, and hip-hop culture. Compiled by critically acclaimed poet, journalist, and essayist Kevin Powell, this groundbreaking book is a revelation. Kevin Powell (Brooklyn, NY) is a critically acclaimed poet, journalist, and essayist. He is the former senior editor for "Vibe", and has been published in dozens of periodicals, including the "New York Times", the "Washington Post", "Rolling Stone", "George", "Essence", and "One World".

ISBN 0471380601   DEWEY 810.808996 ISBN13 9780471380603 (What's this?)   Pages 496 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc   Weight (grammes) 850 Format Hardback   Published in New York Publication date 01 Oct 2000   Height (mm) 243 Library of Congress 00043300   Width (mm) 163

		Acknowledgments
		The Word Movement by Kevin Powell		1
		Are Black People Cooler than White People? by Donnell Alexander		15
		GWTW by Hilton Als		19
		Race Natters - The Chattering Classes Convene on Martha's Vineyard by Angela Ards		23
		In Search of Alice Walker by Valerie Boyd		26
		Mama's Girl by Veronica Chambers		32
		The Visible Man by Trey Ellis		37
		Return to the Planet of the Apes by Ekow Eshun		40
		The Sports Taboo: Why blacks are like boys and whites are like girls by Malcolm Gladwell		42
		Are We Tiger Woods Yet? by Lisa Jones		49
		On the Disappearance of Joe Wood Jr. by Robin D. G. Kelley		51
		She and I by Bruce Morrow		53
		White Girl? by Lonnae O'Neal Parker		59
		What Happens When Your 'Hood Is the Last Stop on the White Flight Express? by Taigi Smith		68
		Texaco by Natasha Tarpley		78
		Speaking in Tongues by Toure		80
		Your Friendly Neighborhood Jungle by Daniel J. Wideman		82
		Hip-Hop Hi-Tech by Harry Allen		91
		Homophobia: Hip-Hop's Black Eye by Farai Chideya		95
		The Death of Rock n' Roll by Cheo Hodari Coker		101
		Confessions of a Hip-Hop Critic by Dream Hampton		105
		hip-hop feminist by Joan Morgan		107
		This Is Not a Puff Piece by Scott Poulson-Bryant		113
		Live from Death Row by Kevin Powell		124
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Edited by Kevin Powell, gathers the work of contemporary black writers. ----Diane Patrick

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