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Eve L. Ewing

Eve L. Ewing is a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, and Maya and the Robot. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks and has written several projects for Marvel Comics. Ewing is an associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago. Her work has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and many other venues.
Original Sins
Maya and the Robot

Books

Original Sins
Maya and the Robot

Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, disability justice, equality in the workplace, and more, with insight on their remarkable lives that inspired others to

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Eve L. Ewing’s Original Sins

In Original Sins, University of Chicago professor Eve L. Ewing demonstrates that it’s in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and under acknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country today. Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This

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