Kevin Coval is the founding editor of The BreakBeat Poets imprint on Haymarket Books, & Artistic Director of the MacArthur Award-winning cultural organization, “Young Chicago Authors”. In this episode he discusses his book, “Everything Must Go,” an illustrated poetic retelling of the tales of Chicago’s Wicker Park in the late 1990’s. Though populated by colorful characters and entertaining stories, the book also serves as a template for understanding the process of displacement and reinvention currently reshaping American cities.

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On the latest episode of Mild Sauce Live, host Jake Krez links up with Kevin Coval: Chicago poet, author, teacher, organizer and much more. The pair talk his latest book, Everything Must Go and the implications of "Mono Culture" and what it means for the city and the world at large. Also discussed are YCA alums Saba and NoName, as well as the current state of Chicago arts and the 20th anniversary of Louder Than A Bomb. All that and more above shot as always at Soundscape Studios.

It's the last episode of our first season! This week, we chat with Kevin Coval, a poet and activist. Kevin is the Artistic Director for Young Chicago Authors, a nonprofit that helps Chicago kids discover their voice. He is also the winner of the 2018 Studs Terkel Award and the author of "A People’s History of Chicago." We talk with Kevin about how art and community can help shape each other.

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On this edition of the WGN Nightside,

Co-hosts of WGN’s own The Cornerstore Podcast, Kevin Coval & Tara Mahadaven, takeover the airwaves with a special LIVE edition – The Mini Mart. Kevin and Tara welcome Multidisciplinary Artist, Sam Kirk, to the studio to talk about her latest collaboration with Andy Bellomo and Sandra Antongiorgi in the creation of  The Love I Vibrate mural. Creative designer and animator, Mia Lee, stops by the studio to provide an in-depth conversation about her cartoon “Unwonderful World”. Rapper J-Hop then jumps in the Mini Mart and talks about his musical upbringing and upcoming projects. Writer and Actor McKenzie Chinn discusses the upcoming premiere of her Independent film Olympia at the Chicago International Film Festival. Lastly, Singer-songwriter Elton Aura comes by to share his musical influences and inspirations, his on-going journey through the Chicago music scene, and his Debut EP ‘Elevated’.

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Studs Terkel called Kevin Coval’s voice “our hope for a new world of peace, grace and beauty.” The co-founder of /Louder Than a Bomb,/the country’s largest youth poetry slam, and Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors, Kevin Coval’s life is an embodiment of the Creative Muscle’s fourth element: You Are What You Give. He is a poet, educator and activist who has empowered thousands of young people to use their voices and talents to organize, engage and express. He is the poet-in-residence at the Jane Addams’ Hull House and serves as faculty at the School of the Art Institute and University of Illinois-Chicago. He is the author of several award-winning books of poetry including /A People’s History of Chicago,/forward written by Chance the Rapper, whom he also mentored. He sat down with the Creative Muscle to discuss standing up for what you believe in, hope for young people, and how to sustain a body of work over time.

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Chicago educator, writer, and poet extraordinaire Kevin Coval returns to Dynasty Podcasts, in support of his new book, A People's History of Chicago. Over the course of a half hour, Coval and Dynasty host Jaime Black go deep in their love of all things Chicago history and culture, including co-reading the closing poem of A People's History, ‘Chicago Has My Heart.’

Coval speaks on selections from the poetry book, including passages on everything from underground Chicago talent like Molemen, to Chief Keef’s legendary performance at Lollapalooza 2012, to looking back at a less problematic time for Kanye West.

The writer also reflects on the heartbreak inherent in so many of Chicago’s stories, in addition to speaking on his plans to perform in all 77 of Chicago’s neighborhoods in 2017.

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