{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-chicago-paperback","title":"A People's History of Chicago - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Coval\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChancellor Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChicago 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 \u003ci\u003eA People's History of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Coval\u003c\/b\u003e is the poet\/author\/editor of seven books including \u003ci\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\u003c\/i\u003e and the play, \u003ci\u003eThis Iis Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e has named him \"the voice of the new Chicago\" and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e calls him \"the city's unofficial poet laureate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Coval is a poet and community builder. As the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago--where he teaches hip-hop aesthetics--he's mentored thousands of young writers, artists and musicians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the author and editor of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSchtick\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-author of the play, \u003ci\u003eThis is Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Drunken Boat, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, \u003ci\u003eFake Shore Drive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and four seasons of HBO's \u003ci\u003eDef Poetry Jam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978525311277,"sku":"9781608466719","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ek93aVF0Umd6SWFIY21rTUpDVVdOQT09.webp?v=1775805636","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-chicago-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}