Criminal of Poverty Growing up Homeless in America

Name: Criminal of Poverty Growing up Homeless in America
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ISBN: 9781931404075

ISBN-10: 1931404070

ISBN-13: 9781931404075

Edition: 2006

Authors: Tiny Gray-Garcia

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Eleven-year-old Lisa becomes her mother's primary support when they face the prospect of homelessness. As Dee, a single mother, struggles with the demons of her own childhood of neglect and abuse, Lisa has to quickly assume the roles of an adult in an attempt to keep some stability in their lives. "Dee and Tiny" ultimately become underground celebrities in San Francisco, squatting in storefronts and performing the "art of homelessness." Their story, filled with black humor and incisive analysis, illuminates the roots of poverty, the criminalization of poor families, and their struggle for survival. Lisa Gray-Garcia is a journalist, poet, and community activist.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: City Lights Foundation
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 287
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.40" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946




The end of innocence



Origin stories : grandmother



Origin stories : mother



Origin stories : mom & dad



Origin stories : a very young tiny



On our own



The valley



Mexico



Adios



Estados Unidos



Venice beach



The art of survival



1984



Seven days and seven nights



Berkeley



The hustle



The "apartment"



Pacific Gas & Electric



Three-day notice



One court date away from homelessness



Incarceration - poverty criminal



The storefront



Art as life as art



Bleak



Go directly to jail



The first intervention



The second intervention



A healthy mouth is a wealthy mouth



The third intervention



My sister



POOR is born



One year later



Hard realities



POOR practices



Hellthcare



Youth at POOR



Work



Welfare deform



POOR takes off



Media resistance



Life in the face of death



Mommahouse



Dee's last campaign



Mama Dee's road trip



A message from my mama



Family