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Chicago: home to urban Indians and immigrants and working folks and the whole gamut of people getting by in a world that doesn’t care whether they do so or not. Sacred City is an incomparable follow-up to Van Alst’s award-winning debut collection, Sacred Smokes. Our young narrator now heads deeper into the heart of the city and himself, accompanied by ancestors and spirits who help him and the reader see that Chicago was, is, and always will be Indian Country. Part love song and part lament, Sacred City explores what options are available to an intelligent, smart-assed young man who was born poor and grew up in a gang. Van Alst’s skillful storytelling takes us on a journey where Chicago will never seem the same.

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Sacred City | Theodore C. Van Alst

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Van Alst‘s follow up to his award winning debut Sacred Smokes is every bit as good. The Chicago in these stories is raw & unfiltered, its truths unvarnished & unavoidable, the good, bad & ugly illuminated & not hidden away. It‘s a city of neighborhoods, of community & found family, a city of limitations & opportunity. As the young narrator learns, it ā€was, is and always will be Indian Country.ā€¯ Van Alst‘s writing is electric. Highly recommended.

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Sacred City | Theodore C. Van Alst

Beyond excited about today‘s #bookmail. The tagged book is another collection of short stories from Van Alst. His writing is a gut punchā€”raw, visceral, and compelling. The stories are set in Chicago, many in the same neighborhood I live in and yet they are world‘s away. The second book is a graphic novel written by Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians, My Heart is a Chainsaw most recently) and I can‘t wait to dive in!

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