L-vis Lives!: Racemusic Poems

By Kevin Coval and Patricia Smith

Author is one of the subjects of forthcoming feature documentary, to air in Oct. 2011 on the new Oprah Winfrey Network, Louder Than a Bomb. The documentary follows participants in the poetry festival of the same name that Coval co-founded and is Artistic Director of. The film has 18 Audience Choice, Special Jury, and Best Documentary awards on the festival circuit including The Chicago International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and many more. www.louderthanabombfilm.com

L-vis Lives is an entirely new collection of work from one of the country's preminent spoken word artists

Author's previous work, Slingshots, has been a finalist for the American Library Association's "Book of the Year" award

The subject matter—on the intersection of race relations and music—invariably comes to prominence in American culture with such figures as Eminem, the Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, and many other figures in the public eye

Author will embark on two phases of national tour, during pub date and in Poetry Month

Author regularly lands local media coverage for events

Author is a regular feature at annual poetry and arts festivals and writing workshops around the country

A well-known figure in Chicago, author will do numerous events in Chicago and garner major features

• Language: English
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Release date: Oct 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781608461585

Kevin Coval

Kevin Coval is a poet and community builder. As the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago—where he teaches hip-hop aesthetics—he’s mentored thousands of young writers, artists and musicians. He is the author and editor of many books, including A People's History of Chicago and The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, and co-author of the play, This is Modern Art. His work has appeared in Poetry Magazine, The Drunken Boat, Chicago Tribune, CNN, Fake Shore Drive, Huffington Post, and four seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.

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