Human Highlight: An Ode To Dominique Wilkins
By (Author) Idris Goodwin
By (author) Kevin Coval
Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books
5th June 2018
United States
General
Non Fiction
Basketball
Paperback
28
Width 132mm, Height 210mm
In 1988, Dominque Wilkins & Michael Jordan squared off in Chicago for the most epic dunk contest in the history of the sport. 30 years later, poets & playwrights, Idris Goodwin & Kevin Coval, long-time collaborators, pay homage to the slam dunk, the anniversary of contest & to the moment & to the sport that changed culture in America & around the globe. Human Highlight: An Ode to Dominique Wilkins is a celebration of creativity, improvisation & the beauty & power in the game of basketball.
Kevin Coval played semi-pro ball in Wales in the mid-90s which says more about the condition of ball in Wales at the time then it does about his game. Coval is also the author of ten books including A Peoples History of Chicago, editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, & co-wrote the play, This is Modern Art with Idris Goodwin. Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors which won a MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions in 2016. Coval is the founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival & co-hosts the podcast The Cornerstore on WGN Radio. His work has appeared on The Daily Show, 4 seasons of HBOs Def Poetry Jam, CNN.com, Poetry Magazine & Fake Shore Drive, He teaches hip-hop poetics in high schools, colleges & community centers around the globe. Find him on the interconnected networks @kevincoval.