{"product_id":"notes-from-the-field-9780525564591","title":"Notes from the Field","description":"\u003cb\u003eSmith'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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11941347\"\u003eAnna Deavere Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525564591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525564594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001010\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914552893615,"sku":"9780525564591","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_91eb6744-bff8-481e-bcda-1f3027374e8f.jpg?v=1758826718","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/notes-from-the-field-9780525564591","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}