New book coming soon from Jeff Chang

From Jeff Chang….Check out info on his next book.

Fam, it's been a crazy year on so many levels--but it is ending up nice in these parts. Can't Stop Won't Stop is scooping up year-end awards.
The details are all here: www.cantstopwontstop.com/buzz.cfm

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The paperback version on Picador Books has begun shipping. All the words of the original in a more portable, shoulder-friendly, cash-saving size and weight and price! Stuff your stockings or add to your Winter Quarter or Semester reading lists now. Full-size first-edition hardcovers are still available, but going fast. You can order either just by clicking through the website:www.cantstopwontstop.com

Jeff will be kicking off 2006 with a tour to promote the paperback. You can always check here for the latest dates:www.cantstopwontstop.com/appearances.cfm

We're also very happy to announce that Jeff has inked a deal with Basic Civitas Books to edit a new anthology entitled Next Elements: Hip-Hop's Future Aesthetics. The book documents the myriad ways that hip-hop has transformed not just popular music, but theater, dance, poetry, writing, and the visual arts. Featuring original contributions by many of the world's leading young artists, the book presents a multifaceted argument that hip-hop is the engine behind the global art of the future.

Next Elements will showcase writings by Danny Hoch, Eisa Davis, and Raquel Cepeda, feature discussions with Greg Tate, Vijay Prashad, Mark Anthony Neal, Sanford Biggers, and DOZE. More contributors and commitments will be announced in the spring of 2006.

The book project emerged from the Future Aesthetics project of the La Pea Cultural Center, made possible by a grant from a Ford Foundation initiative to create public discourse around changing demographics and emerging aesthetics.

Next Elements will be published and www.nextelements.com will go live in the winter of 2006.