{"product_id":"everything-must-go-9781642590265","title":"Everything Must Go","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything Must Go is an illustrated collection of poems in the spirit of a graphic novel, a collaboration between poet Kevin Coval and illustrator Langston Allston. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book celebrates Chicago's Wicker Park in the late 1990's, Coval's home as a young artist, the ancestral neighborhood of his forebears, and a vibrant enclave populated by colorful characters. Allston's illustrations honor the neighborhood as it once was, before gentrification remade it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book excavates and mourns that which has been lost in transition and serves as a template for understanding the process of displacement and reinvention currently reshaping American cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Coval is a poet and community builder. As the artistic director of Young Chicago Authors, founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago--where he teaches hip-hop aesthetics--he's mentored thousands of young writers, artists and musicians. He is the author and editor of ten books, including \u003cem\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSchtick\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-author of the play, \u003cem\u003eThis is Modern Art\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Drunken Boat, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN, \u003cem\u003eFake Shore Drive\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and four seasons of HBO's \u003cem\u003eDef Poetry Jam\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLangston Allston is a painter and muralist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He uses his art practice as a way to tell stories, drawn from his own experience, and from the experiences of people in his community, drawing a thread between the past and the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474561667346,"sku":"9781642590265","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d4a9dfa6-3f22-4f94-864d-74ac998094fe.jpg?v=1730224295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everything-must-go-9781642590265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}