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This is Lillie 'JusLillie' Robinson's first written publication that consists of a collection of motivational and thought-provoking poems. JusLillie has a message to be heard with a style and delivery that grabs you.

The author provides a truncated chronicle of the last four and a half years of her parents’ lives.

From introduction: "In an effort to raise funds for restoration [of the Robie House in Chicago], our first project was an exhibition of [Frank Lloyd] Wright's Prairie School furniture designs presented in the context of his contemporaries. This book is a photographic essay of that exhibition with the addition of some rare, hitherto unpublished photographs of the construction of the Robie House and measured drawings of his furniture." Exhibition was at the gallery of the Architecture Building at the UIUC campus Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 1965.

From back cover: "...Michelle Noteboom's first collection of poems weaves together obsessions about skin and body, desire and violence, science and sensuality....Noteboom takes us on a poetic exploration of skin as border between self and world, of language as limit between self and meaning."

Self-published book of abstract paintings, photos and collages by artist, Janice Elkins. The city of Chicago is her muse.

From inside front cover: "Chicago's largest work of public art to date, Riverwalk Gateway by Ellen Lanyon tells the history of Chicago and its river. The magnificent 336-foot long wall installation consists of sixteen narrative panels and twelve decorative panels." Book presents pictures of each panel, which together tell the story of Chicago from the explorers Marquette and Jolliet to the year 2000. The panels focus on important sites along the river and Lake Michigan and use architecture as a metaphor for the spirit of Chicago.

The pictorial history of Filipino immigration to Chicago. These pages bring to life the people, events, and industries that helped to shape and transform the Filipino community of Chicago.

Volume number 261/500 - comic book/ thoughts about friends, weather, postal workers and spring

The first cookbook of its kind on Chicago's ethnic cuisine. The authors have taken twenty of the city's nationalities and, in over 400 recipes, have presented the best of their native cuisines. The recipes are easy for the American cook to follow, yet still retain the character of the original cuisine.

Comic poems by Ron Offen with comic drawings by William Anthony. Tends toward dark, mordant humor with some social criticism.