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1919
Contributor(s): Ewing, Eve L. (Author)
ISBN: 1608465985     ISBN-13: 9781608465989
Publisher: Haymarket Books
OUR PRICE:   $14.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - African American
- Poetry | Women Authors
- History | African American
Dewey: 811.6
LCCN: 2019020734
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8" W x 7.8" (0.35 lbs) 88 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Black History
 
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NPR Best Books of 2019
Chicago Tribune Best Books of 2019
Chicago Review of Books Best Poetry Book of 2019
O Magazine Best Books by Women of Summer 2019
The Millions Must-Read Poetry of June 2019
LitHub Most Anticipated Reads of Summer 2019

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation's Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event--which lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries--through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history, and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present.