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Poems by daniel Joshua Nagelberg

Prose and poetry exploring themes of childhood, memory, society and the experiences we all share as human beings.

Short, nonfiction stories written by women survivors of the psychiatric system. Organized into three main sections; When the World Can't Face It's Fear We Get Locked Up, It Doesn't Have to Be Forever, Standing Our Ground: The Political Context of "Madness", women tell stories of their experiences of going through treatment and their lives beyond institutionalization.

Chicagoan Carlos Cortez is one of the U.S.A.'s leading Chicano artists and poets. In this new collection of poems and scratch board drawings, Cortez shares his love and concern for the land of his mestizo and Yaqui ancestors. Cortez's art and words help us see with "bicultural eyes" the history of California (Califas) with a landscape alive with condors, cougars, tall saquaros, and even giant cloud formations. Cortez's poems speak in the persona of Koyokuikatl (Coyote Song), who places his strong clear verse in defense of its threatened inhabitants, In addition, he embodies the nostalgic traveler who is capable of "Beat" haikus or the wisdom of the Chicano working-class.

From the seedy traveling midway, past the foreboding roadside attraction, to the comfort of a county fair, this vagabond band of writers will introduce you to all manner of magic, amazement and terror in Freaks, Geeks & Sideshow Floozies.

A catalog and review of more than 300 motion pictures dealing with social and political issues

Short stories from west side neighborhoods of Chicago. "The force of each writer's vision and language carries you into the living rooms and kitchens where the real folk of the West Side go about the business of living. 'West Side Stories' presents the everyday, the brutal, the glorious."

A New description of the Koran or Quran done completely in reference to Mother Goddess or Feminine Divine format written by and for women presenting the divine as a source of peace and love only.

Chicago Sun-Times staff writer Dave Hoekstra offers a sampler of road trip destinations off the beaten path.

With wry humor and a 1990s perspective on the 1970s, On Lill Street follows Margaret through her evolution from city-dwelling absolutely politically-correct lesbian feminist separatist to a suburban mixed-gender in which mutual infatuation leads to love with a (formerly?) straight woman, all the while retaining a wide-eyed sense of people, politics, and love.