this is everything slam poet big poppa e has ever written. at least, it's everything the three-time hbo "def poetry" veteran wants you to see.
this 544-page collection spans big poppa e's whole career and comprises 172 poems, 12 short stories, 4 plays, and a 50-page novella. this book includes the very best slam poetry bpe has ever written, but also showcases his, uhm, "emerging talent?" yeah, his early work was just awful, and its inclusion shows that even the worst writer can get better with work.
a special feature of this unexpurgated compendium is a 67-page commentary section discussing the inspiration for each poem, plus colourful stories from bpe's ten years of touring across the country.
"the whole wide world" contains everything from the "greatest hits" and "greatest misses" collections, bpe's latest chapbook "pretty girls make me sad," three brand new poems, plus a whole book's worth of unpublished and long... More > out-of-print work excavated from dog-eared zines and dusty hard drives.< Less
