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Collection of poetry by Jennifer Karmin. Postcard bookmark inside.

A collection of surrealist automatic poems by Franklin Rosemont, with accompanying drawings by Schlechter Duvall.

Collection of exhibitions put on by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago circa 1990-2000.

A chapbook-style collection of poems by Chicago-based Whitney Scott. Topics include AIDS, hospitalization and dealing with the loss of loved ones. Designed by Suzanne Oliver.

Includes reproductions of works by artist Tony Tasset, MFA '85, The Art Institute of Chicago, and an essay by Kathryn Hixon.

"Author Teresa Jones walks readers through decades of her life, and shares valuable lessons that have been both beneficial as well as costly. Her life experiences will speak to anyone no matter the stage of life. 'Return to Your First Love' is a timely message that edifies, exhorts and encourages in times of uncertainty. Readers will be compelled and encouraged to seek a loving relationship with Jesus Christ."

Widely known as the "great" poet from Illinois, is especially remembered for his monumental three volume biographical stud of Abraham Lincoln. A journalist, author of children's stories, he edited a pathbreaking collection of songs, American Songbag. This new collection of his writings convey the excitement and tragedy of the times and his commitment to a movement to change them.

Henry Rosemont, a printer and labor activist/historian, explores many crucial but little-known aspects of American labor history in this collection of his articles. America's First Strike covers the role of Benjamin Franklin in the Philadelphia printers' strike of 1786; his influence on organized labor; the early union printers' support for the abolition of slavery; their leadership in the U.S. labor movement overall; and other issues such as the problem of technology and important labor battles like the Haymarket affair of 1886, the 1938-40 Newspaper Guild strike, and the Chicago newspaper strike of 1947-49. Dave Roediger wrote the introduction, and former Chicago 5th Ward alderman Leon Despres contributed a note about Rosemont, who was a personal acquaintance.

An ardent defender of the right to be lazy who recognizes that the practice of poetry is inseparable from the global struggle for the emancipation of wildlife, wilderness, women, children, and the working class, he can usually be found disturbing the peace in Chicago and elsewhere. A collection of poetry from Franklin Rosemont.

Exhibition catalog for the exhibit, "Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westermann," curated by Michael Rooks and on display at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Montclair Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University. "'Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westerman' attempts to shed light on the artist's early enthusiasm for painting and the implications this had for his development as a mature student who had already reached his 30s at the close of his years at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago." (p. 14).