[Peace-discuss] Event this evening

[David Green]

Hello everyone.  Tomorrow at 7pm, Allen Hall is hosting poet Kevin Coval.  Coval 
is a pro-Palestinian, Jewish-American poet who uses his art to analyze tough 
social, political, and cultural issues.  


Please consider attending and please spread the word!
-SJP UIUC
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BREAKBEAT POETICS 
Award winning HBO Def Poets //Educators // Hip Hop Artists :: 
IDRIS GOODWIN + KEVIN COVALpresent a concert of innovative lyricism. 
Blurring the lines between spoken word, hip-hop performance, and theatre, 
Goodwin + Coval are on the forefront of contemporary literature [de]constructing 
American culture in the Obama age. 

Friday, October 1 
7:00pm
Main Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory drive, U 
Free and open to the public 
About KEVIN 
“ofone of my favorite poets” –MosDef, actor and emcee 
Author of everyday people and slingshots {a hip-hop poetica}, finalist for 
theAmerican Library Association’s “Book of the Year” :: Educator, four-time HBO 
DefPoet, and co-founder of “Louder than aBomb”, the largest youth poetry 
festivalin the world, Coval’s work continues inthe rich tradition of Carl 
Sandburg &Gwendolyn Brooks. Hailed as the unofficial poet laureate of Chicago, 
StudsTerkel described Coval as “a new, glowing voice in the world of literature 
[whose]voice is our hope for a new world of peace, grace, and beauty.” 

About IDRIS 
“Goodwin is a writer who bears watching” -Chicago Tribune.  
Award-winning playwright, break beat poet, recording artist + hip-hop educator, 
Idris has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford 
Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council and feat. on HBO Def Poetry. Chicago’s SGE 
Records released Idris’ latest hip-hop album BREAK BEAT POEMS praised by Little 
Village Magazine for its “righteous beats and elliptically clever rhyming”. 
www.kevincoval.com 



      
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