Idris Goodwin is an award-winning breakbeat poet, playwright, and Director of The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. He was recently named a 2021 United States Artist Fellow. In addition to the recently released poetry collection Can I Kick It?, he’s had several publications from Haymarket Books including Inauguration (co-written with Nico Wilkinson), Human Highlight: Ode To Dominique Wilkins, and the play This Is Modern Art, co-written with Kevin Coval. He’s appeared on Nickelodeon, HBO, Def Poetry, Sesame Street, NPR, BBC Radio, and the Discovery Channel.  His plays include And In This Corner: Cassius Clay, How We Got On, Hype Man, and This is Modern Art. Goodwin is the co-host of the Same Old New School podcast on Vocalo Radio.