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The WPA Guide to Illinois: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Illinois

Edition: First Pantheon Edition

Abstract: "First Published in 1939, 'The WPA Guide to Illinois' captures more vividly than any other guide both Chicago's quick pulse and the richly varied character of the rest of the state. Thirties Chicago, birthplace of the skyscraper, had just played host to the dazzling Century of Progress Exposition; the Board of Trade was the city's tallest building; and State Street was said to be the most brilliantly lighted street in the world. The stunning residences of the Gold Coast along Lake Shore Drive offered the city's most concentrated display of wealth, while on the South Side hundreds of freight cars rattled into the stock yards each night with their noisy cargo of livestock."

Language: English

Notes: Abstract taken from the back cover.

ISSN/ISBN: 0394721950

Catalog Number: Book, Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Illinois

Juggler

Edition: First Edition

Abstract: "Rosina Neginsky reminds readers that we are also artists, for her works summon our responsibility."* Juggler is a bilingual book of poetry by Rosina Neginsky

Language: English

Notes: * quote taken from the back of the book the book is signed by the author

ISSN/ISBN: 1931948771

Website:

www.unprsouth.com
www.punmonde.com

Catalog Number: Book,Neginsky, Rosina

No Shirt No Shoes No Service

Abstract: A collection of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and comics from Rocco Publishing. Content includes pieces about the punk music scene, Comicon, Riot Grrrls, zines, feminism,and a Bill Clinton paper doll.

Language: English

Notes: Bill Clinton paper doll is stapled to the back cover. Zip code for Rocco Publishing has changed from 60650 to 60804.

Catalog Number: Zine, No Shirt No Shoes No Service

Beehive Collective

Abstract: This is a Zine by a Chicago 10th grader. It is about their beliefs and interests.

Language: English.

Notes: *the date is a total guess

Catalog Number: Zine, Beehive Collective

Steve Albini Thinks We Suck, Issue 9

Abstract: Steve Albini Thinks We Suck was a fanzine covering the Chicago music scene from 1994-1998. Its editor, Mo Ryan, was its chief contributor. Most of the content consists of reviews of current releases from indie labels as well as interviews.

Language: English

Catalog Number: Zine, Steve Albini Thinks We Suck

Paper Atrium

Abstract: A collection of poetry, fiction and artwork created by young Chicagoans in Gallery 37 job training programs held between summer 2001 and summer 2003. Writing about families, friends, politics, love, music, and life, these authors will impress you with their imagination and wit.

Language: English

Notes: Abstract taken from introductory and back cover descriptions.

ISSN/ISBN: 0971302316

Website:

www.gallery37.org

Catalog Number: Book, Daley, Maggie

Year; Mid-Century Edition: 1900-1950

Edition: 1

Abstract: "The dramatic story of 50 turbulent years in 2,000 pictures, 100,000 words...a permanent record of all the important national and world events..."

Language: English

Notes: Reads like a giant newspaper, touching on every war, fad, significant scientific and socio-political lurch, with tons and tons of pictures. However it came into CUL's posession, YEAR passed from Ceceila Chutw to Mike Pintozzi in 1998. While the publisher kept offices in Los Angeles, the book itself was printed and bound in Chicago by Lakeside Press, R.R. & Donnelly and Sons Company.

Catalog Number: book

Night of the Dolphin

Abstract: Poetry combining terse yet vivid imagery with a tone that evokes a particular detachment and a kind of sparse beauty.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0974955000

Catalog Number: Book, Jacob, John

The Good Life

Abstract: a collection of poems by Thax Douglas, a Chicago poet and fixture at Chicago area shows, who often introduces/opens for bands by reading poems on stage, often composed shortly before the performance

Language: English

Heartland

Abstract: Published to coincide with a two-part exhibition presented in 2008 at the Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands and at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art, Heartland offers an idiosyncratic look at innovative forms of cultural production taking place across the vast majority of the United States. This book is part exhibition catalog, part critical reader: contributors explore the region through topics ranging from art and music to urban farming and political history. Through an engaging mix of essays, personal meditations, and images, Heartland challenges understandings of place and community and explores the rule of contemporary art in shaping our changing world. --from book jacket

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 9780935573473

Website:

smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Catalog Number: Book, Chavez, Juan William