First published in December 2001, Brooklyn-born Wax Poetics hit news stands with a new vision of music journalism. Wax Poetics created a bridge between the old and the new, revealing the numerous connections between musical forefathers and musical future. Although originally created for a concentrated market of music aficionados, the Wax Poetics audience has grown exponentially. This anthology gathers the first five issues into a deluxe must-have hardbound edition.