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More Statues Need High Heels

BREAK BEAT POETRY ODE TO PRINCE from CAN I KICK IT?

“Bodies weren’t meant to last / but the reverb dance eternal.” Accompanied by the music of Rhythm Science Sound, poet Idris Goodwin reads “More Statues Need High Heels,” an ode to Prince, from his new collection, Can I Kick It? (Haymarket Books, 2019). The book is part of Haymarket Books’ BreakBeat Poets series, a publishing project curated by Kevin Coval and Nate Marshall that is committed to writing that “brings the aesthetic of hip-hop practice to the page.”

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Idris Goodwin
Can I Kick It?
BreakBeat Poets
Haymarket Books
2019
Prince

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