''Bomb The Suburbs'' is a collection of essays by

William Upski Wimsatt William Wimsatt (born 1972) is an American author and political activist. He is the founder of the League of Young Voters, co-founder of Generational Alliance, and the author of three books including ''Bomb the Suburbs'', ''No More Prisons'', a ...

, a former graffiti tagger. It is a mix of storytelling, journalism, photojournalism and

original research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

, on a broad range of topics, such as

suburban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growt ...

, hip hop culture, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago. In the book Wimsatt presents hip hop as a force for social justice and political change.

Reception

The editor of '' Newcity'' has identified ''Bomb the Suburbs'' as "perhaps the definitive work of hip-hop literature". ''Bomb The Suburbs'' led to subsequent books and political activism. In an essay in his ''No More Prisons'' compilation, entitled "In Defense of Rich Kids", Wimsatt responded to class based critique of his

social privilege Social privilege is a theory of special advantage or entitlement, which benefits one person, often to the detriment of others. Privileged groups can be advantaged based on education, social class, caste, age, height, weight, nationality, geographi ...

References

Graffiti media History of youth 1994 non-fiction books Soft Skull Press books American essay collections {{poli-book-stub