New York: Random House, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, a "collection of interlocking stories, set primarily in Bronzeville's now-demolished Stateway Gardens housing project for which the book is named. A young boy named Tracy is our primary guide and narrator, but by the end even the high-rises themselves become fully fleshed-out characters. Though sometimes dreamy with longing for the comforts of a childhood, which, from the outside, appears filled with privation, Drain - who grew up in Englewood and now lives in Kenwood - has fashioned an indelible portrait of this city. . . Through slyly poetic language and an absolute grasp on place and description, Drain has added to the canon of Chicago literature."(Chicago Reader). ISBN: 978-1984818171.