{"product_id":"1919","title":"1919","description":"In \u003ci\u003e1919\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing recovers the essentially human stories at the heart of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919: of the people who took part in it, and of the lives that were marked by it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis most intense of the riots of the USA's 'Red Summer' lasted eight days, resulting in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries; it was a signal and traumatic event which has now shaped the history of the city where it took place for a century. As well as telling the tale of the riot itself and the cruel murder which precipitated it, the poems of \u003ci\u003e1919 \u003c\/i\u003eexplore its aftermath and bring to vivid life the mass migrations which had set the stage for this violence in the preceding years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoetically recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city, and using speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to reimagine history, the result is a book which unearths the universal at the heart of the particular, and illuminates the fine line between past and present.","brand":"Eve L Ewing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46426223214828,"sku":"9781608465989","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46426223247596,"sku":"9781608466023","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781608465989.jpg?v=1746778114","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/1919","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}