Kotlowitz, Alex

An American Summer : Love and Death in Chicago Alex Kotlowitz. - First edition - x, 287 pages 25 cm

May 4. The tightrope, a story in four parts -- May 12. Mother's Day -- May 23. A conversation : the OGs -- May 31. The tightrope, part two -- June 13. The Tweets -- June 16. Father's Day -- June 24. The witnesses, part one -- July 5. The (annotated) eulogy -- July 8. I ain't going nowhere, part one -- July 14. Going home -- July 17. Day of atonement -- July 25. The two Geralds -- August 15. The tightrope, part three -- August 17. Artifacts -- August 22. I ain't going nowhere, part two -- August 24. This is what he remembers -- August 29. The disco tour -- August 31. The witnesses, part two -- September 8. The tightrope, part four -- September 19. False endings.

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Youth and violence--Illinois
Violent crimes--Illinois
Victims of violent crime--Illinois
African American youth--Social conditions--Illinois--21st century
African Americans--Social conditions--Illinois--21st century


Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--21st century

HQ799.2.V56 / K68 2019

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