Books

• High Rise Stories

  Edited by Audrey Petty

  In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago's iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly in the heart of our national identity.

• The Long Term

  Edited by Alice Kim, Erica Meiners, et al.

  Powerful, provocative narratives of people surviving the devastating affects of life in long term incarceration.