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High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing (Voice of Witness) - Hardcover

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9781642595574: High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing (Voice of Witness)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1642595578 ISBN 13: 9781642595574
Publisher: Haymarket Books, 2021

Synopsis

In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago’s iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high-rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.

 

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About the Author

Audrey Petty is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A Ford Foundation grantee, her work has been featured in Colorlines, StoryQuarterly, and Saveur, among many others.

Alex Kotlowitz is the author of There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His nonfiction stories have appeared in print, radio and film. From his documentary, The Interrupters, to his stories in The New York Times Magazine and on public radio’s This American Life, he’s been honored in all three mediums.

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Publisher
Haymarket Books
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1642595578
ISBN 13 
9781642595574
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
304
Editor
Petty Audrey