Break on Through, a b-girl novel

Posted on December 21, 2008

This is my first time hearing about breaking literature and it looks promising! Author and b-girl Jill Murray has written a b-girl novel entitled Break on Through.  Here’s an excerpt from the book:

The DJ drops the needle and Treat ‘em Right by Chubb Rock bursts through the speakers. I leap into the circle. None of this waiting stuff for me. I have to be first. No way am I letting the judges think the other guy might be hungrier. I don’t care how much experience he has. I don’t want to hear about upper body strength.

This one is mine. His crew might be legendary, but I’ve trained for this. I have talent, I have energy and more importantly, I want it more.

The music rips through my body, pushing me to move. I’m not thinking. I’m not even in control of my limbs.

Within twenty counts, I’m down on the floor. My hands and feet twist and wind around each other with familiar flow, weaving my body through illusions of contortions. The crowd cheers louder the deeper I get. I feed off their energy.

When the timing feels right, I unwind from a windmill, track into a headstand, fake like I’m going to end my run right there but then pop up into a hollow back handstand, my shoulders stretching, back arching so far that I can feel my feet reaching for the ground. I freeze there for a gravity-defying lifetime of seconds. The crowd sucks in its breath, then lets out a cheer as I land back on my feet in a proud b-girl stance. I brush the imaginary dust off my shoulder and toss my hair at my opponents.

You can read more of the book on her website or cop the book on Amazon.

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  1. Sounds interesting. I think probably the first b-boy novel was Kid B: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_B . I haven’t read either so I don’t have much of an opinion on them, but it’s a cool idea.

    Comment by Paul - MTAS — December 21, 2008 #

  2. Thanks for the head’s up, I’ll have to peep that. I’m planning to order Break on Through so will post a review afterwards

    Comment by boon — December 21, 2008 #

  3. That sounds pretty dope. I’ll probably have to cop it.

    Comment by Omagus — December 21, 2008 #

  4. Hey! Thanks so much for linking to Break On Through. I hope you like it.

    Paul is right. Linden Dalecki’s Kid-B was published first. As far as I know, BOT is the only b-girl novel out there at the moment, but I hope someday there are more!

    Comment by Jill — January 26, 2009 #

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