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3 Articles Tagged Matthew Desmond

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March 14 2018

10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee, read Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which tells the story of eight impoverished families in his city who are threatened with forced eviction. Influenced by this multi-award-winning book, Barrett is launching an ambitious housing project to build or renovate 10,000 housing units in Milwaukee over the next

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10,000 New Social Housing Units – Thanks to Matthew Desmond’s EVICTED

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March 14 2018
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April 20 2017

Pulitzer Prize winners: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and EVICTED

For Fiction, the Pulitzer Prize Board called THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, by Colson Whitehead “a smart melding of realism and allegory that combines the violence of slavery and the drama of escape in a myth that speaks to contemporary America.” The novel chronicles a young slave’s adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in

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Pulitzer Prize winners: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and EVICTED

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April 20 2017
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February 7 2017

Hear from the Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator of EVICTED, Dion Graham

Dion Graham has become a familiar voice to both adults and children for his riveting reads of important and beloved books. Hear why he loves “falling into a story” and listen to clips from his recent recordings including RUSA Listen List and Carnegie Medal Winner, EVICTED by Matthew Desmond.

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Hear from the Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator of EVICTED, Dion Graham

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February 7 2017
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