| Bomb the Suburbs | |
| Illustrator: | Margarita Certeza Garcia |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Release Number: | 3,000 |
| Subject: | Urban Culture |
| Set In: | Chicago |
| Publisher: | Subway and Elevated Press (Soft Skull Press) |
| Publisher2: | Catapult |
| Pub Date: | 1994 |
| Media Type: | Book |
| Pages: | 112 |
| Isbn: | 0-9643855-0-3 |
Bomb The Suburbs is a collection of essays by William Upski Wimsatt, a former graffiti tagger. It is a mix of storytelling, journalism, photojournalism and original research, on a broad range of topics, such as suburban sprawl, hip hop culture, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago.[1] In the book Wimsatt presents hip hop as a force for social justice and political change.[2]
The editor of Newcity has identified Bomb the Suburbs as "perhaps the definitive work of hip-hop literature".[3]
Bomb The Suburbs led to subsequent books and political activism.[4] 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: