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People's History of Chicago
People's History of Chicago | Kevin Coval
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Known variously as -'the Windy City, -' -'the City of Big Shoulders, -' or -'Chi-Raq, -' Chicago is one of the most widely celebrated, routinely demonized, and thoroughly contested cities in the world.Chicago is the city of Gwendolyn Brooks and Chief Keef, Al Capone and Richard Wright, Lucy Parsons and Nelson Algren, Harold Washington and Studs Terkel. It is the city of Fred Hampton, House Music, and the Haymarket Martyrs. Writing in the tradition of Howard Zinn, Kevin Coval's A People's History of Chicago celebrates the history of this great American city from the perspective of those on the margins, whose stories often go untold. These seventy-seven poems (for the city's seventy-seven neighborhoods) honor the everyday lives and enduring resistance of the city's workers, poor people, and people of color, whose cultural and political revolutions continue to shape the social landscape.Kevin Coval is the poet/author/editor of seven books including The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop and the play, This Iis Modern Art, co-written with Idris Goodwin. Founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival and the Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors, Coval teaches hip-hop aesthetics at the University of Illinois--Chicago. The Chicago Tribune has named him -the voice of the new Chicago- and the Boston Globe calls him -the city's unofficial poet laureate.-
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Mimi28
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#libraryhaul here‘s #Mogwai being passive for once ( she‘s the most mischievous out of the 3, lol) @8little_paws I saw you read this too!! I am going to dig in soon. I am trying to finish Vox before the due date ( October 1st) because I know I won‘t be able to renew it. I also want to savor it. I‘m pretty sure I will be able to renew it.

Mimi28 P.S. sorry for the messy background 6y
8little_paws It's very good! 6y
Mimi28 @8little_paws Oooooo!!! I‘m so conflicted!! My head is starting to hurt. Nap time!! Lol, I‘ll probably finish it this weekend or read it all in one sitting at the library tomorrow, which seems to be one of the few places I can concentrate lately, lol. You are going to love the holidays around Oak Park, they decorate like champions!! And all the houses are ALREADY sooo pretty. I want to settle down with a little cat farm there on day if I can, lol 6y
Tanzy13 🐱 6y
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rachellayown
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Kevin Coval is one hell of a poet and this is one hell of a book.

OhNoMersault You should watch his interview on Chicago Tonight. So good. 7y
rachellayown Ooh I'll check it out. Thanks @OhNoMersault! 7y
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rachellayown
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I'm in. #asidefrombooks

📓hobby: writing, biking, yoga
📓drink: tea (hot, iced, & kombucha)
📓food: anything with avocados
📓color: lime green
📓city: Chicago
📓dream home: somewhere tucked away surrounded by trees & a body of water, but close enough to a city (i.e. library) to bike to
📓accessory: does a book count?
📓tv show: Portlandia
📓last movie seen in the theater: it was so long ago I can't remember!
📓current read: tagged book +4

KCorter That dream home sounds perfect! 7y
vivastory Are you enjoying The Mysterious Benedict Society? It sounds enjoyably quirky. 7y
readordierachel A book totally counts. The perfect accessory. 7y
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rachellayown I am and it is @vivastory! It's not one I'd highly recommend, but it's certainly enjoyable. 7y
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cdreincarnate
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Who knew I could learn so much by reading poetry? It was hard not to read some of these poems out loud. Sometimes I thought it seemed clear it was meant to be read aloud, but other times I really appreciated some of his word plays that could only be appreciated when read.

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8little_paws
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Do you live here too? Read this and get one hell of a Chicago education. Super, super pick.

WhatDeeReads Ooohhh looks good. 8y
Zelma I really miss living there sometimes. *sigh* 💕 8y
CherylDeFranceschi It's so good! 8y
lynneamch Just saw him on The Daily Show that I recorded last week. Amazing man with an important message. I need to read this. 7y
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8little_paws
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Slowly reading and savoring the brilliant poetry in this collection, which I can't recommend enough.

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8little_paws
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Started this tonight. *Deep breaths* it's spectacular.

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