'When Contreras surveys neighbors about life, luck, and the lottery, it’s playful, but when it comes to listening to the voices on her block, she does not play.' | JAKEandRATSO
By collecting interviews , records, obscure pamphlets, and family lore, she has crafted a magnificent manifesto about the power of Afro-optimism.
Her new book,, is an accessible love letter to Chicago that’s whimsical enough to juxtapose Brighton Park’s beloved Tom Tom tamales with Tom Tom Washington, the genius arranger for Earth, Wind & Fire. Whimsy doesn’t imply triviality—connections between grassroots commerce and art are as real as a Mumbo Sauce mogul sponsoring soul superhero Garland Green in the 1960s and as contemporary as pre-
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