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Eve Ewing: ‘This Is A Tough History To Tell’

Eve Ewing: ‘This Is A Tough History To Tell’

FromReset with Sasha-Ann Simons


Eve Ewing: ‘This Is A Tough History To Tell’

FromReset with Sasha-Ann Simons

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1919, Chicago erupted into race riots after white beachgoers killed a Black teen named Eugene Williams. Poet Eve Ewing tells the story of that so-called "Red Summer" in her poetry collection 1919. Now, playwright J. Nicole Brooks has re-imagined Ewing's poems as a play, which debuts at the Steppenwolf Theatre on Oct. 4. Reset sits down with Ewing about the adaptation, the emotional weight of that summer in 1919, and how it continues today.
Released:
Oct 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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