Alex Kotlowitz

Special edition of literary magazine with essays, poems, and short stories from Chicago writers about Chicago.

Collection of short student essays on a variety of personal subjects; includes curriculum guide for teaching student writers

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America is a 1991 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. It won the Carl Sandburg award. *

From back cover: "In 2011 and 2012, while more than 900 people were being murdered on the streets of Chicago, creative-writing students from DePaul University fanned out all over the city to interview people whose lives have been changed forever by the bloodshed. The result is this extraordinary and eye-opening book. Told by real people in their own words, the stories inside are at turns harrowing, heartbreaking and full of hope."

Fourty-seven stories written by Chicago high school students.