{"product_id":"sacred-city-paperback","title":"Sacred City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodore C. Van Alst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChicago: home to urban Indians and immigrants and working folks and the whole gamut of people getting by in a world that doesn't care whether they do so or not. \u003ci\u003eSacred City\u003c\/i\u003e is an incomparable follow-up to Van Alst's award-winning debut collection, \u003ci\u003eSacred Smokes\u003c\/i\u003e. Our young narrator now heads deeper into the heart of the city and himself, accompanied by ancestors and spirits who help him and the reader see that Chicago was, is, and always will be Indian Country. Part love song and part lament, \u003ci\u003eSacred City\u003c\/i\u003e explores what options are available to an intelligent, smart-assed young man who was born poor and grew up in a gang. Van Alst's skillful storytelling takes us on a journey where Chicago will never seem the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodore C. Van Alst Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (enrolled member Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians) is an Active HWA member whose work has been published in \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Earth Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Working-Class Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApex Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndian Country Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSacred Smokes\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Faster Redder Road: The Best UnAmerican Stories of Stephen Graham Jones\u003c\/i\u003e (both from UNM Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51883859280160,"sku":"9780826362865","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/CC6pemq5Gz9780826362865.webp?v=1781868574","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sacred-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}