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Eve L. Ewing

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black girl from space via chicago. writer. professor. co-owner of @buildcoffeeandbooks 💕 like Langston said, I like to eat, sleep, drink & be in love

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Here’s what I did on my sabbatical. Not pictured: lots and lots of reading (shoutout @nationalbookfoundation ) and even more writing and lots of movies and TV. also went camping and made my friends go camping with me. and I played a lot of Hades. glad to get back to it tho! Really! by @eve.ewing

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10 days ago

I gasped out loud the first time I saw one of Rose Blouin’s photos. In the summer of 1987, Blouin, a local photographer, set out to Washington Park almost every day to photograph the beautiful and the mundane. Picnics, festivals, baseball games, couples cuddling in the grass. The photos are astounding. My poet brain loves them as portraits of the human experience. My Chicagoan brain loves them as historical artifacts of one of my favorite places in the city. But when my sociologist brain sees them, I can’t help but think… dang, when was the last time you saw that many people in Washington Park?

According to 2026 data from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Chicago is home to about 740,000 Black residents. In 2000, that number was over a million. Among other American cities that historically had substantial Black populations, guess what were the only other two to see similar declines over that same period? New Orleans is one. Detroit is the other. Which provokes a startling question: what disaster has befallen Black people in Chicago that’s comparable in scope to the devastating impacts of Hurricane Katrina or the collapse of the Detroit automotive industry?

Why have so many Black folks left? How do people navigate the tricky decision of whether to stay or go? For those of us who remain, how do we make meaning of the city changing around us?

✍️: Eve L. Ewing
📸: Rose Blouin

Read more in the link in our bio. by @eve.ewing

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SOME NEWS: my dear friend eve and i have been quietly working on a new book for the past couple of years. it’s called “THE BEST POEM AND OTHER POEMS, TOO.”

it’s a big-hearted, silly, thoughtful, inventive, joyful collection of illustrated poems (ostensibly for young people, but aren’t we all young people).

we made it in the tradition of the poetry collections we grew up on.

words by eve, drawings by me. everything illustrated lovingly by hand, no ai ever.

it comes out march 2, 2027. you can preorder it now (and please do!). we can’t wait for it to be out in the world.

some more words from the book announcement on people.com, your number one source for news about people by @eve.ewing

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15 days ago

me + my second-favorite alien, @jonnysun in 2018 being so earnest that you can’t even deal with us, you truly can’t. swipe for important friendship update 📖
[my first favorite alien is myself]

me + my second-favorite alien, @jonnysun in 2018 being so earnest that you might die watching us. swipe for important friendship update 📖
[my first favorite alien is myself]

new book in March 2027 💓 source: people dot com, the leading website for news about people

seriously I love this book and I love that I made it with my friend and I love that it’s for children and grownups and everybody and I am just so grateful that my heart might burst. Also this is my first time doing individual captions for each image and I’m truly not sure if I’m cut out for this. Anyway please get me and Jonny’s book it’s so good!!!! March 2, 2027 🌼

💓 taken in Friendship by @eve.ewing

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a month ago

I went to Gary on Sunday with a bunch of provisions. If you’re in the Chicagoland area, you can do the same! Flourish Community Hub is taking donations at 3935 Cleveland St, M/W/F from 10 AM to 2 PM. if you can’t go in person, donate to cashapp $FlourishHub to support. by @eve.ewing

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a month ago

a while back I mentioned that I wasn’t going to be participating in this years @asanews annual meeting because of the organization ignoring its own bylaws to silence discussion of Palestine. well now @soc4pal has organized an alternative conference! I’ll be there and also signed up to be a mentor during the mentoring session. come on by! follow @soc4pal for all the info and updates. by @eve.ewing

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3 months ago

Haven’t posted on main in 4 months but had to do it bc @cobycochran snapped so hard. Congrats on DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAINS @asgharthegrouch ! Here you can see me and @jamilawoods being so happy for our brilliant friend and their thoughtful, brave, smart, angry, beautiful book and beaming up at the heavens. Thanks @hmeltchi and @wcfbook for organizing such a lovely event. taken in XOCO House Gallery by @eve.ewing

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3 months ago

The American Sociological Association annual meeting is happening in August in NYC and I will not be there. In recognition of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the ASA ignoring its own bylaws to block a membership vote on the topic, @soc4pal is calling on folks to #BoycottASA. Original Sins was going to be featured on an invited book panel; I will figure out a way to do that free and publicly even if it’s just me reading aloud on a park bench. I also will figure out a way to do open student office hours. Please visit sociologistsforpalestine.org to learn more 💓 by @eve.ewing

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5 months ago

✨PRE-ORDER A SIGNED PAPERBACK!✨ Original Sins came out a little over a year ago and while I’ve been grateful for the response from academic colleagues and the general public, these comments from teachers are extra special to me. Now through April 15, pre-order the paperback via @buildcoffeeandbooks and I’ll sign it and send your way. Link in bio. 💓 taken in Chicago, Illinois by @eve.ewing

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6 months ago

New tote alert!!!!! Available now via our merch page. Link in bio or story highlight to get yours. Art by @eve.ewing . 50% of proceeds go to @mw_bondfund ☀️☀️☀️☀️🌻🌻🌻🌻 taken in Build Coffee & Books by @eve.ewing

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7 months ago

I don’t have a new book of poetry this year. I am, however, trying hard to be a good Friendly Neighborhood Poet. I’m trying to be a good steward at @buildcoffeeandbooks . I’m trying to be a good mentor and community member and friend. I’m trying to be courageous in the face of villainy. I learned that partially from some of my favorite poets. So, thanks to the @chicago_reader and everyone who voted me best poet this year. I will try to continue to be a good poet, by which I mean, I am a poet, and I will try to be good. 💓 by @eve.ewing

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7 months ago

Come knit with @micah_cm and @eve.ewing on Sunday Feb 15! Total beginners and longtime knitters welcome. We’ll be knitting the “melt the ICE” hat from @yarn_cult and we’ll have hot drinks and good company. Proceeds from this event go to the Powderhorn neighbor fund to support our cousins and comrades in Minneapolis who can make urgent use of rent relief and other mutual aid. 🧶🧶🧶 register at the link in our bio or highlights! taken in Build Coffee & Books by @eve.ewing

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