Documentation

Focus on Eastern European/former Soviet Union countries; oriented around interviews with artists: performance, printmaking, design, photography, typography, comics, cooking, folk tales.

"Discover the Windy City that has attracted and nurtured writers, editors, publishers, and book lovers for more than a century. Trace the steps of literary figures who called Chicago home, incorporated cityscapes into their writing, and put a uniquely Chicago stamp on their work."

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America is a 1991 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. It won the Carl Sandburg award. *

H. Melt curates this collection of essays (mostly originally online), documenting a critical queer, nonfiction literary voice that is strongly rooted in Chicago. Themes include the need to talk more openly about race, class, and privilege, the power of community support, and the experience of living in Chicago. Builds on the work of Chicago-based queer publications like Chicago IRL, In Our Words, and others. (Adapted from Melt's introduction to the collection.)

Program for the 2nd Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE 2013).

A zine detailing a project in Richmond, VA called The People's Library wherein individuals can get free blank books from the public library to fill with their own stories to be preserved in the library's main collection

This is Cholo magazine, an amalgamation of the people and projects in this city that are so cool, we think you should be cholos with them. (And by cholos, we mean pals.) Gracing the pages of this rag are the mugs of moonshine-makers, guerrilla tour guides, community orgnizers, vertical farmers and punk filmmakers. It's basically DIY porn.

From back cover: "In 2011 and 2012, while more than 900 people were being murdered on the streets of Chicago, creative-writing students from DePaul University fanned out all over the city to interview people whose lives have been changed forever by the bloodshed. The result is this extraordinary and eye-opening book. Told by real people in their own words, the stories inside are at turns harrowing, heartbreaking and full of hope."

Wealth of Nations is a black & white illustrated book about the economy and workers.

Catalogue for Extinct Entities - a project that explores various histories of Chicago based art-spaces and collectives that no longer exist through dialogue with artists and scholars as a public forum for research.* *taken from introduction