| Other author/creator | Johnson, Javon, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Coval, Kevin, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Young Chicago Authors (Organization), sponsoring body. |
| Other author/creator | Louder Than a Bomb (Poetry slam). sponsoring body. |
| Series |
Second to none: Chicago stories
Second to none: Chicago stories. ^A1373188
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| Contents |
Preface / Javon Johnson and Kevin Coval -- Intro / Javon Johnson -- Welcome to Chiraq -- On hearing King Louie / Andrew Barber -- When King Louie first heard the word Chiraq / Kevin Coval -- To live and die in "Chiraq" / Mariame Kaba -- Rome wasn't built in a day / Malcolm London -- Memories / Aneko Jackson -- Windowpain : Bryce Thomas / Nile Lansa -- My grandmother tells me and my cousins why she hates the word Chiraq ... / Demetrius Amparan -- Do we even need to be understood to get free? / Page May -- 9 of disks / Fatimah Ashgar -- Frank Bradely : interview / by Aneko Jackson -- How America loves Chicago's ghosts more than the people still living in the city : an erasure poem / Jacqui Germain -- A tale of two & many cities -- I am Windy City / Patricia Frazier -- If you aren't from Chicago / Tim "Toaster" Henderson -- Concrete flowers / Aneko Jackson -- Chicago is the world's Harold's Chicken box / Kara Jackson -- When asked about Chicago : a confession / Alfonzo Kahlil -- History, as written by the victors / Krista Franklin -- Ye though I walk through Chi / Naudia j. Williams -- Ghazal for White Hen Pantry / Jamila Woods -- Holy hermosa / Sara Geiger -- Corn man on every corner / Sammy Ortega -- Into a white neighborhood / Melinda Hernandez -- Poem for Cal City : confession / Jose Olivarez -- In the Bridgeport row house / Natalie Richardson -- I'm from Chicago, but not really / Michael Cuaresma -- Daughter / Claire DeRosa -- Damon / Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep Louder Than a Bomb Team. |
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Flatline / Raymesha Henry -- Dboy black : a poem for Briyae / Brittney Kapri -- Black boy dreams / Aneko Jackson -- Ode to North Lawndale / Anton Charles Sanders -- Contesting the narrative -- Drill / Breanna Bonslater -- Why is the Chicago Police Department targeting Chief Keef? / Jake Krez -- We real / Kevin Coval -- Why do black boys smoke so much weed? / Demetrius Amparan -- Kill the noise(y) / Tara C. Mahadevan -- Windowpain : Raymond a.k.a. Lil' Ray / Nile Lansa -- The go / Marwin "Stark of HUEY" Williams -- Notes for Mars Blackmon on the making of Spike Lee's film Chi-raq / Kevin Coval -- Spike Lee's Chi-raq isn't strong enough to hold the city it exploits / Brittney Kapri -- Why I'm bootlegging Chi-raq / A Nate Marshall Joint -- The culture is the art -- Rethinking revolution : creating space for the black body through the spoken word / Alfonzo Kahlil -- Hip hop poet / Marvin Tate -- Woop wop de bam / Nate Marshall -- Search / KZ -- The stoop / Jalen Kobayashi -- Slay / KZ -- Speak / E'mon Lauren -- I tag CTA / Sammy Ortega -- Flower breaking through the concrete : an interview with Liz Lazdins / Leah Love -- In the business : a manifesto / Miguel Aguilar -- On afro-futurism : a roundtable with D. Denenge Akpem, Damon Locks, and Ytasha L. Womack / Leah Love -- Captives public showing / Matthew Wilbourn -- The future of Chicago -- Ghost town / Idris Goodwin -- Mama Emily tells the story / Sarah McKee -- Out the trap : building with the elephant rebellion / Grace Jones -- Paradise on fire / Jahnari Pruitt -- How to win reparations / Sarah Macaraeg and Yana Kunichoff -- By & by / Jamila Woods -- Somewhere, upcoming / Kara Jackson -- Toward the unreasonable / Page May and Nate Marshall -- Water pressure / Sammy Ortega -- #blacklivesmatter and ... the six unconditionals / Dr. Haki Madhubuti -- Ode to dawn / Gellila Asmanmaw -- Outro / Kevin Coval. |
| Abstract |
The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape is a collection of poems, rap lyrics, short stories, essays, interviews, and artwork about Chicago, the city that came to be known as "Chiraq" ("Chicago" + "Iraq"), and the people who live in its vibrant and occasionally violent neighborhoods. Tuned to the work of Chicago's youth, especially the emerging artists and activists surrounding Young Chicago Authors, this literary mixtape unpacks the meanings of "Chiraq" as both a vexed term and a space of possibility. - back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Literary collections. |
| LCCN | 2017059456 |
| ISBN | 9780810137189 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0810137186 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
