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Publication
Haymarket Books (2017), 94 pages
Description
Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose. Blending stark realism with the fantastical, Ewing takes us from the streets of Chicago to an alien arrival in an unspecified future, deftly navigating boundaries of space, time, and reality with delight and flexibility.
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LibraryThing member kcshankd
Delightful poems from a Chicago artist who is also a great twitter follow. The form and feel vary throughout, I liked this very much.
LibraryThing member thenumeraltwo
"I know I can't tell the difference between a good and a bad poem"
I enjoyed this. Just don't ask me to tell you why.
There's a tryptic of poems (The First Time,...,...) interspersed through the book, which I assumed on the title would be poems about sex. Then, it being 2018, I felt the needle —
I enjoyed this. Just don't ask me to tell you why.
There's a tryptic of poems (The First Time,...,...) interspersed through the book, which I assumed on the title would be poems about sex. Then, it being 2018, I felt the needle —
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I hope it's consensual. They weren't. It was racism Show Less
LibraryThing member CarrieWuj
Beautiful compilation of verse and art of personal experience, but translatable into universal understanding, empathy, compassion. In her introduction, Ewing says "This book is about my life and maybe also your life." and the foreword in the book notes "Poets fill in the spaces other types of
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storytelling can't always reach." That's the connection this book fosters. Ewing is an important voice in Chicago -- focusing on sociology in education at U of C and equity in CPS. "Ignore Eve Ewing at your own intellectual, political, and cultural peril." says Chicago magazine. Read this and you won't want to. Show Less
Awards
Alex Award (2018)
Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize (Longlist — Fiction — 2018)
NPR: Books We Love (2017)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Adults (Selection — 2017)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
7.9 x 7.8 inches
ISBN
1608468569 / 9781608468560