Here's what the critics have to say about William Upski Wimsatt's
previous work:
Spiritual heir to Norman Mailer.--The Atlantic
Wimsatt's charisma stems from his courage.--Cornel West
Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons are cult classics deftly
reflecting the hip-hop generation's maturation.--Miami New Times
A refreshing voice for Generation X.--Library Journal
Ahead of the curve.--Spin
As a potty-mouthed graffiti writer from the South Side of Chicago,
William Upski Wimsatt electrified the literary and hip-hop world with
two of the most successful underground classic books in a generation,
Bomb the Suburbs (1994) and No More Prisons (1999), which, combined,
sold more than ninety thousand copies.
In Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, Wimsatt weaves a first-person tour
of America's cultural and political movements from 1985-2010. It's a
story about love, growing up, a generation coming of age, and a vision
for the movement young people will create in the new decade. With humor,
storytelling, and historical insight, Wimsatt lays out a provocative
vision for the next twenty-five years of personal and historical
transformation. Never heard of Billy Wimsatt before? Your life just got
better.
William Upski Wimsatt is the author of Bomb the Suburbs and No
More Prisons. A maverick graffiti artist, journalist, and political and
philanthropic organizer, Wimsatt has appeared in dozens of publications
and is a popular speaker at colleges and conferences. He founded the
League of Young Voters, worked for Barack Obama in Ohio, and
co-organized the first-ever briefing of social justice artists with the
White House. He was honored as a visionary by Utne Reader and included
in The Source's Power 30 list. He lives in Brooklyn.
