{"product_id":"notes-from-the-field-paperback","title":"Notes from the Field - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Deavere Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smith's powerful style of living journalism uses the collective, cathartic nature of the theater to move us from despair toward hope.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Deavere Smith's extraordinary form of documentary theater shines a light on injustices by portraying the real-life people who have experienced them. \"One of her most ambitious and powerful works on how matters of race continue to divide and enslave the nation\" (\u003ci\u003eVariety). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith renders a host of figures who have lived and fought the system that pushes students of color out of the classroom and into prisons. (As Smith has put it: \"Rich kids get mischief, poor kids get pathologized and incarcerated.\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing people's own words, culled from interviews and speeches, Smith depicts Rev. Jamal Harrison Bryant, who eulogized Freddie Gray; Niya Kenny, a high school student who confronted a violent police deputy; activist Bree Newsome, who took the Confederate flag down from the South Carolina State House grounds; and many others. Their voices bear powerful witness to a great iniquity of our time--and call us to action with their accounts of resistance and hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and two Obie Awards, her work also been nominated for a Pulitzer and two Tonys. Onscreen, she has appeared in many films and television shows, including \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black-ish, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNurse Jackie\u003c\/i\u003e. She is University Professor in the department of Art \u0026amp; Public Policy at NYU, where she also directs the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue. In 2019, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694389530687,"sku":"9780525564591","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/baf3ed663fbab8f85949c6bd1c0dfc20.webp?v=1765001338","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/notes-from-the-field-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}