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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This project tells the story of Chicago through 101 landmark publications about it. From Sister Carrie to Playboy and from The Jungle to Nature's Metropolis, this collection of short essays will cast Chicago's history in a unique light, while also illuminating the bibliophilic history of the books, magazines, and other printed objects that have shaped the city and the way people think about it."--Supplied by publisher.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Nelson Algren was a renowned Chicago writer, known for his social commentary and his novels like The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Although Nelson Algren continues to be remembered almost exclusively for his novels, this book aims to challenge that prevailing perception by highlighting the value and influence of his short form works. Before the author died in 1981, Algren had amassed a genre-defying body of work, including...
Publisher
Columbia College Department of Creative Writing, Lead Institution
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Chicago goes by many nicknames - the City on the Lake, the Windy City, the Third Coast, the City of Big Shoulders, the Second City. But for the people who call it home, perhaps the most fitting sobriquet is the City of Neighborhoods, hundreds of them altogether, each containing their own defining character, physical boundaries, and identity. Representing almost two dozen students of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, this second annual CCLaP "city...
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