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series of books. (Piecebooks are the sketchbooks that graffiti artists used to map out their works or "pieces" before committing them to a larger surface. The
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Jenkins has collaborated with other notable musicians to present their works in the theater space. In 2009 he wrote and produced an off-Broadway play entitled
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series highlights drawings that span the globe and go as far back as 1973.) In 2007, Jenkins wrote the foreword to
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