{"product_id":"we-live-here-jeffrey-wilson-9781644212424","title":"We Live Here: Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eA graphic novel featuring uplifting stories of combatting--and beating--calls for their eviction in Detroit, showing how everyday people are fighting to stay in their homes, organizing with their communities, and winning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Live Here!\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphic novel biography of the members of the local activist group Detroit Eviction Defense combatting--and beating--calls for their eviction. By illustrating the stories of families struggling against evictions, the book gives a voice to those who have remained in Detroit, showing the larger complexities at work in a beleaguered city. These are everyday people fighting back, organizing with others, going into the streets, and winning their homes back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat will Detroit look like in the future? Today cheap property entices real estate speculators from around the world. Artists arrive from all over viewing the city as a creative playground. Billionaires are re-sculpting downtown as a spot for tourism. But beyond the conventional players in urban growth and development, Detroit Eviction Defense (DED) members--like others engaged in place-based struggles all over the country--are pushing back, saying in effect, \"we live here, we've been here, there is no Detroit without us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Wilson, Bambi Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644212420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644212424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.54w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2024","brand":"Jeffrey Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073106669823,"sku":"9781644212424","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61833ddc-a860-497f-a1d5-a73dc5f6b915.jpg?v=1685445853","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-live-here-jeffrey-wilson-9781644212424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}