Music

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

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

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

Political humor, satirical fiction, and a lot about television and comic books.

A collection of contemporary dada and surrealist poetry and fiction, mainly on pop culture.

&quot;Bleeding Sheep is a quarterly magazine of poetry, fiction, arts, images and culture published in Chicago.&quot;<br />

Being Irish in Chicago means you're blessed with proud heritage and with a hometown abundant in opportunities to celebrate your roots. Look beyond the shamrocks and green beer and into the heart and soul of Irish Chicago with this comprehensive guide.

<p>A collection of essays, poetry, and fiction from the Englewood community, compiled by a professor at Kennedy King College, and including the work of college students, high school students, and other community members.&nbsp;</p>ontributors continued: Gary Henry aka Zashura, Bridgett Vaughn, Barbara Floyd, Derrick English, Brian Bolden, Terry Clark, Jacquie Hood Martin, Ilyas Qawishabazz, Christopher Marchman, Arlicia Corley, Pavla Binkins, Sharon Williams, Haki Madhubuti, Desmond McFarlane, Julienne Thomas, Abe Mendez<br /> <br /> Keywords continued: Dr. Wayne D. Watson, Chrsitianity, City Colleges of Chicago, Murder, Million Man March, Poverty, Responsibility, Friendship, Burr Oak Cemetary, Lake Michigan, Native American,

Shaquille Callahan&rsquo;s only release from cutting squid in the local fish joint is dancing, fighting, drumming and chugging cough syrup with The Enchanters, the premier Protomersh band of Sprawlburg Springs. Led by volatile sweetheart/singer Renee, The Enchanters whip up a scene the likes of which the stately community has never witnessed. As the media encroaches and the city&rsquo;s leaders take up arms, the band struggles to contain its batshit-crazy energy without imploding.

This is the first chapter, published on its own as part of the Featherproof &ldquo;Light Reading Series&rdquo;