The El environment like an antidote

like an antidote

Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city

Sprinkled with gentle humor and the Anishinaabe language

A lyrical lullaby imbued with traditional Inuit beliefs

Twenty-something Philip Big Pipe disappears from an unsettled life he can hardly tolerate and ends up in an off-reservation town

The El environment like an antidoteFrom the co editor of the bestselling anthology Never Whistle at Night, a semi autobiographical novel that follows a group of teenage gang members as they trek across Chicago to a momentous meeting, inspired by the cult classic The Warriors "Cool and real as hell." Tommy Orange An ordinary day in August 1979 dawns hot and humid in Chicago. Teenager Teddy is living with his dad after being kicked out of his mom's house due to his gang activity. But