Monthly magazine dedicated to "informing and advocating for the preservation of our 'pedacito de patria' (our 'little piece of the homeland') in Chicago"
Language:
English, Spanish
Notes:
This magazine reads in English from one cover to the center
Features on the fate of the Carson Pirie Scott building and the chaos surrounding its sale, the CTA's condecension and apathy toward delays on the Red Line caused by the Brown Line, an interview with Preacher Samuel Chambers in the Loop, an interview with Andy Ortmann of Panicsville and Nihilist Records, Reversible Eye gallery in Humboldt Park run by Elena Brocade and Ryan Shuquem, contrasting and comparing the 90's teenage punk scene in Lakeview with the present, a Rogers Park local gives a tour.<br />
Short fiction tracing a series of haircuts given to herself and to her friends, through a series of dye jobs (and dye-job betrayal) done by a beauty shop worker whom the author had also bonded with through her hair.<br />
Printed as part of a exhibition title "Bygone(s)", held at Around the Coyote Jan 12-Mar 1, 2008. Tells the story of Edith May, whose alter ego Fortuna is an ineffectual superhero.
Language:
2008
Notes:
Half the book is Confessions of a Superhero with The Secret Life of Edith May printed on the verso.