{"product_id":"9781636141527","title":"Summer of Hamn","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe tragedy of gun violence is depicted in annotated illustrations that illuminate a society gone hamn; from legendary hip-hop artist Chuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage, etc.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e“With his latest work of graphic nonfiction, Chuck D uses his art and hip-hop rhymes to show how the US has been held hostage by gun violence and a growing sense of hopelessness . . . A focused, fresh, urgent text filled with pictures worth 1,000 words and rhymes worth thousands more.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSummer of Hamn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003elegendary hip-hop artist Chuck D takes on gun violence with rhythmic, inventive writing and passionately raw art. He has long spoken out against gun violence, including how it intersects with rap and hip-hop culture. \u003cem\u003eSummer of Hamn\u003c\/em\u003e is the bound journal Chuck D carried with him in the summer of 2022—a summer marked by a particularly high rate of gun death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIn these pages, victims are memorialized, politicians are skewered, and vehement pleas to eradicate gun violence are made. Jaw-dropping statistics (40% of all personal guns in the world are owned by US citizens; there are 100 million more guns in the US than there are citizens) intersect with poetic reflections (\"Another mall shooting seems normalized in Columbus \/ Raining outside in Ohio \/ Raining inside folks panic \/ Inside hearing shots bust\"), all written in Chuck's hand over vibrant, utterly original, neoexpressionist ink and watercolor art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThis book is the follow-up to \u003cem\u003eSTEWdio\u003c\/em\u003e the debut trilogy on Chuck D's Enemy Books imprint, in which he invented a new medium—the \"naphic grovel\"—a bound journal brimming with his observations and reflections of current events in both art and prose. \u003cem\u003eSummer of Hamn \u003c\/em\u003eis the second release on the imprint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chuck D","offers":[{"title":"Akashic Books |  Hardback | Paper over boards |  2023-10-13","offer_id":44230039437567,"sku":"9781636141527","price":52.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9c6b4100-3dd7-40a0-ba80-7da74563a2d3.jpg?v=1694463040","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781636141527","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}