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A love letter to the city of Chicago, more specifically a particular moment in Chicago - of growth and development, coming of age, of learning how to construct a new self from old-world customs and new-school traditions. It is a meditation on movement and migration that asks what it means to leave home, how to take home with you, and how to build a new home elsewhere.

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The poet manages the collection by curating it so that the reader can DJ the poems, arrange their own set, and thus, to borrow a phrase from the world of hip-hop, ‘spin’ their own performance. I invite you into this book to play."" - Chris Abani, from the foreword

The University of HipHop

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    A Paperback by Mayda Del Valle, Chris Abani

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810135093, 978-0810135093
      ISBN10: 0810135094

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      Book Synopsis
      A love letter to the city of Chicago, more specifically a particular moment in Chicago - of growth and development, coming of age, of learning how to construct a new self from old-world customs and new-school traditions. It is a meditation on movement and migration that asks what it means to leave home, how to take home with you, and how to build a new home elsewhere.

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      The poet manages the collection by curating it so that the reader can DJ the poems, arrange their own set, and thus, to borrow a phrase from the world of hip-hop, ‘spin’ their own performance. I invite you into this book to play."" - Chris Abani, from the foreword

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