Everything Must Go: The Life and Death of an American Neighborhood
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- Synopsis
- A unique artistic tribute to a Chicago neighborhood lost to gentrification: &“Kevin Coval made me understand what it is to be a poet&” (Chance the Rapper, Grammy winner and activist). Everything Must Go is an illustrated collection of poems in the spirit of a graphic novel, a collaboration between poet Kevin Coval and illustrator Langston Allston. The book celebrates Chicago&’s Wicker Park in the late 1990s, Coval&’s home as a young artist, the ancestral neighborhood of his forebears, and a vibrant enclave populated by colorful characters. Allston&’s illustrations honor the neighborhood as it once was, before gentrification remade it. The book excavates and mourns that which has been lost in transition and serves as a template for understanding the process of displacement and reinvention currently reshaping American cities. &“Chicago&’s unofficial poet laureate.&” —NPR
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 112 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781642590838
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781642590265
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Books
- Date of Addition:
- 09/15/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Kevin Coval
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.