This Is Modern Art: A Play

Graffiti crews are willing to risk anything for their art. Called vandals, criminals, even creative terrorists, graffiti artists set out to make their voices heard and alter the way people view the world. But when one crew finishes the biggest graffiti bomb of their careers, the consequences get serious and spark a public debate asking, Where does art belong?

Kevin Coval is the author of Schtick, L-vis Lives, the American Library Association Book of the Year Finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica, and an editor of The BreakBeat Poets.

Idris Goodwin is a playwright, spoken-word performer, and essayist recognized across mediums by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.


Author: Kevin Coval, Idris Goodwin
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781608465972

About the Author
Kevin Coval is the author of Schtick, L-vis Lives, Everyday People the American Library Association "Book of the Year" Finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica, and an editor of The BreakBeat Poets. He is the founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, Artistic Director at Young Chicago Authors, and teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Idris Goodwin is a playwright, spoken word performer and essayist recognized across mediums by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford and Mellon Foundation. His play How We Got On, developed at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, premiered at The 2012Festival of New Play.