Idris Goodwin
IDRIS GOODWIN is an award winning playwright, break beat poet, recording and cross-disciplinary performance artist. Idris has received grants and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ford Foundation and The Illinois Arts Council. Idris’ break beat poetry was featured on season six of Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry and published in the Spoken Word Revolution Redux Anthology, Rattle Magazine,DIAGRAM, WORD RIOT, decomP and featured prominently in the forthcoming The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop. Idris frequently teaches, performs and lectures at institutions on
themes of arts, culture and empowerment. Current projects include the Chicago premier of a new one act play, The Story Farm and the full length hip hop album Break Beat Poems on SGE records.
