Contains fictional and nonfictional stories written by journalist Joseph Mitchell about the often odd lives and experiences of people in New York City, including selections from four books published between 1943 and 1965, as well as several uncollected stories.
Presents an overview of the American literature, providing excerpts from a wide range of American writing, including both fiction and no-fiction, from John Smith to Charles Simic, including information on historical and cultural context, and illustrations.
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.
Discusses important writers from the colonial period, the neoclassic age, the romantic movement, realism and naturalism, and the twentieth century (1914-1970).
Presents selections of American literature, featuring stories and poems written since 1945, including works by Tennessee Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rita Dove, and others.
Presents selections of American literature, featuring stories and poems written between 1914 and 1945 including works by Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Katherine Anne Porter, Langston Hughes, and others.
Presents selections of American literature drawn from throughout history, beginning in 1820 and continuing through 1865, and includes a time line, and bibliographies.
