{"product_id":"9780810137189-the-end-of-chiraq","title":"The End of Chiraq","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Literary Mixtape\u003cbr\u003ePresents 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 neighbourhoods. This literary mixtape unpacks the meanings of \"\"Chiraq\"\" as both a vexed term and a space of possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Chiraq\" has come to connote the violence—interpersonal and structural—that many Chicago youth regularly experience. But the contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe End of Chiraq\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Chiraq\u003c\/i\u003e addresses head-on the troublesome relationship between Chicago and Chiraq and envisions a future in which both might be transformed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55418298761590,"sku":"9780810137189","price":17.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31837948.jpg?v=1742861081","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780810137189-the-end-of-chiraq","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}