{"id":93,"date":"2021-09-14T18:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:46:55","slug":"the-big-smoke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/the-big-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2021\/09\/The-Big-Smoke-by-Adrian-Matejka.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Adrian Matejka's book The Big Smoke\" class=\"wp-image-69\" width=\"325\" height=\"224\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Adrian Matejka\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Big Smoke&nbsp;<\/em>(2013) is as bold and powerful as the larger-than-life persona of Jack Johnson, chronicling his rags-to-riches story in a compelling and intimate way. Poems such as \u201cCannibalism\u201d (5), \u201cChicken &amp; Other Stereotypes\u201d (28), and \u201cTicket on the Titanic\u201d (96) strike at the complex emotions, rage, and charisma that were all encapsulated within one of the most popular and controversial men of his time. Jack Johnson was an extraordinary figure, but within Matejka\u2019s collection, his more human qualities slip through like an unguarded right hook.&nbsp; \u2013Jalen White<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Matejka\u2019s&nbsp;The Big Smoke&nbsp;(2013) is as bold and powerful as the larger-than-life persona of Jack Johnson, chronicling his rags-to-riches story in a compelling and intimate way. Poems such as \u201cCannibalism\u201d (5), \u201cChicken &amp; Other Stereotypes\u201d (28), and \u201cTicket on the Titanic\u201d (96) strike at the complex emotions, rage, and charisma that were all encapsulated within <a href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/the-big-smoke\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Big Smoke<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/newvistas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}