Nonfiction

"The Unofficial Publication of Chicago Critical Mass." "Critical Mass is a free fun bike ride that happens on the last Friday of every month in different cities throughout the world." Articles and editorials on issues concerning Chicago cyclists, as well as an advertisement for Break the Gridlock's 4th annual conference on "Overcoming Chicago Car Dependency."

Reprint of an essay published by Lysander Spooner in 1870. "Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) was a Massachusetts lawyer noted for his vigorous and brilliant opposition to the encroachment of the State upon the liberty of the individual."

Select v3 was created to compliment the Version>02 show in 2002. This book and the show are about the digital commons, "intellectual property, the balance between civil liberties and security, freedom of speech and privacy, issues of access, and the creative use of tools. *

Ten short original stories by writers mostly from Illinois (includes four from the Chicagoland area). The stories represent a diversity of authors and variety of topics.

"The eminent photographer and sociologist Camilo José Vergara has observed and recorded the evolution of America’s inner cities for over twenty years, documenting the effects of time, commercialism, culture, and neglect on the built environment, with an aesthetic vision that has been hailed by the New York Times as “persuasive and moving.” Here, in a unique collaboration with Timothy Samuelson, Chicago’s leading architectural historian, Vergara probes the power and resonance of one of America’s greatest cities. Unexpected Chicagoland includes over two hundred stunning color photographs, accompanied by a fascinating original narrative of the hidden history of Chicago’s renowned architectural past. Vergara’s photographs are a treasure trove of historically and visually interesting buildings and environments, most of them on the abandoned urban fringes. Included are examples of rarely seen work by some of the greatest architects of the twentieth century, such as Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and William Burley Griffin, as well as dazzling examples of Art Deco design." *

Each issue of the zine is created by 7th and 8th grade middle school students in the Chicago area and features both prose and poetry. This issue (and its two predecessors) was a collaborative class project and includes pieces on memories, dreams, goals, and friendship.

A small guide to understanding transphobia and working towards ending it.* Contains web links and resources.

The Land Line is a quarterly publication based in Chicago invested in furthering print publication. It is a collaborative effort by a collection of artists, writers, activists, and musicians who contribute literary criticism, Chicago history, and various explorations of style and genre. The Land Line is committed to a collective production process, including laying out the paper by hand so that everyone can be involved. The benefit shows, film screenings, and readings they host not only fund the paper but are essential to the project of building a community around the journal.

In Preparation is a black-and-white literary and art zine, published with generous support from the Writing Program at SAIC.

STEP HIGH STOOP LOW LEAVE YOUR DIGNITY OUTSIDE proclaims the back of the zine. A reflection mostly about AIDS, seemingly a fund raiser