Boots Riley: Tell Homeland Security - We Are the Bomb: Collected Lyrics and Writings - Brossura

Riley, Boots

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ISBN 10: 1608462536 ISBN 13: 9781608462537

Casa editrice: Haymarket Books, 2015

Riassunto

Provocative and prolific, Boots Riley has written lyrics as the frontman of underground favorites The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club, as well as solo artist, for more than two decades. An activist, educator, and emcee, Riley&;s singular lyrical stylings combine hip-hop poetics, radical politics, and wry humor with Bay Area swag. Boots Riley: Collected Lyrics and Writings brings together his songs, commentary, and backstories with compelling photos and documents.

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Boots Riley, is an American poet, rapper, songwriter, producer, screenwriter, humorist, political organizer, community activist, lecturer, and public speaker—best known as the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He lives in Oakland, California.

Adam Mansbach is the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers Go the Fuck to Sleep and You Have to Fucking Eat. His latest novel, Rage is Back, was named a Best Book of 2013 by NPR and the San Francisco Chronicle and is currently being adapted for television; his previous novels include the California Book Award–winning The End of the Jews and the cult classic Angry Black White Boy. Mansbach is the recipient of a Reed Award, a Webby Award, and a Gold Pollie from the American Association of Political Consultants for his 2012 campaign video “Wake The Fuck Up,&; starring Samuel L. Jackson. He was the 2009–11 New Voices Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, a 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Lab Fellow, and a 2013 Berkeley Repertory Theater Writing Fellow, and will be the 2015 Artist in Residence at Stanford University&;s Institute for Diversity in the Arts. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, Salon.com, and on National Public Radio&;s "All Things Considered." He is currently writing an original screenplay about a young Barack Obama for director Vikram Gandhi. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Haymarket Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608462536
• ISBN 13: 9781608462537
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile