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(0)Eve L Ewing
1) 1919
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots that comprised the "Red Summer" of violence across the nation's cities, is an event that has shaped the last century but is widely unknown. 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...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewings narrative takes us from the streets of 1990s Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstances; blues legend Koko Taylor is a tall-tale hero; LeBron James travels through time and encounters his teenage self. She identifies everyday objects: hair moisturizer, a spiral notebook as...
Author
Series
Ironheart volume 1
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Riri Williams, the armored hero called Ironheart who took the comics world by storm, takes center stage! When a group of world leaders is held hostage by one of Spider-Man's old foes, Riri must step up her game. But she's thrown for a loop when an old acquaintance from back in Chicago re-enters her life! Now, Ironheart is caught between her need for independence and her obligations at M.I.T. - and when an old friend is kidnapped, she needs to make...
Author
Series
Ironheart volume 2
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Riri Williams has been dealing with a lot close to home, but now she is going global! From the Sanctum Santorum to Wakanda, Riri teams up with some of your favorite Marvel characters as she follows the trail of Midnight's Fire. But what does the mysterious Ten Rings organization have planned for Ironheart?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Whoever controls our memories controls the future. Singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe and an incredible array of talented collaborating creators have written a collection of tales comprising the bold vision and powerful themes that have made Monáe such a compelling and celebrated storyteller. Monáe's 2018 concept album, 'Dirty Computer,' introduced a world in which thoughts --as a means of self-conception-- could be controlled or erased by a select...
Author
Publisher
Two Dollar Radio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
* 2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" —TODAY (Elizabeth Acevedo)
* A "Best Book of 2017" —Rolling Stone (2018), NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily
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