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".

[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: "You can hate me if you want to.