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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. "Chiraq"
has come to connote the violence-interpersonal and structural-that
many Chicago youth regularly experience. But the contributors to
The End of Chiraq show that Chicago is much more than Chiraq.
Instead, they demonstrate how young people are thinking and
mobilizing, engaged in a process of creating a new and safer world
for themselves, their communities, and their city. In true mixtape
fashion, the book is an exercise in "low end theory" that does not
just include so-called underground and marginal voices, but
foregrounds them. Edited by award-winning poets, writers, and
teachers Javon Johnson and Kevin Coval, The End of Chiraq addresses
head-on the troublesome relationship between Chicago and Chiraq and
envisions a future in which both might be transformed.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
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Henry Sayce, Georg August Schweinfurth George Allen, 1901 History;
Ancient; Egypt; History / Ancient / Egypt; History / Middle East /
Egypt; Ḥulwān (Egypt)
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