Nonfiction

Founded in 2005, AREA Chicago supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics. Its newspaper, website, and events create relationships and sustain community through art, research, education, and activism.

Founded in 2005, AREA Chicago supports the work of people and organizations building a socially just city. AREA actively gathers, produces, and shares knowledge about local culture and politics. Its newspaper, website, and events create relationships and sustain community through art, research, education, and activism. Many of the articles in this issue focus on specific street intersections throughout Chicago.

This is not only a book for firemen, men and women. It is a about them, about what they do all the time. It is about their work and their tradition and dedication. It is for all of us who don’t know. It is for all the people to whom I have shown photos who never realized how curious they actually were.

This is a biography of the late songwriter Steve Goodman. From the back of the book: "This is the comprehensive, untold story of a young man whose hilarious, touching and provocative music - "City of New Orleans," "You Never Even Call Me By My Name," "Banana Republics," "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" and many more stellar songs - uplifted millions from the late 1960's to the early 1980's and continues to do so today."

This is a collection of works by Charles Joseph Smith. The collection is comprised of plays, screenplays, poems, pictures, and letters. Cds were also included in the back of the collection, which contain compositions written and played by Charles Joseph Smith.

Published in 2009, the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this piece analyses and describes trends in LGBT community activism from 1969 to the present. It focuses on the tumultuous relationship between the trans and the Lesbian and Gay communities, offering insight into historical and contemporary developments. It was the first written piece published by the Trans Oral History Project and was initially debuted as a companion to a larger historical exhibition by the same title.

A book about Mayor Daley's actions during the aldermanic election of February 23, 1999. It discusses the illegal actions taken by the mayor against the campaign of Cynthia Soto. This book examines documents from Chicago's First Ward alderman election of 1999. Allegations of fraud and unlawful practices during the election prompted an FBI investigation and this book presents an expanded version of the FBI report.

A collection of essays written by artists, mostly about art exhibits.

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini: An Appreciation of Her Life's Work is a stapled booklet containing a history of Mother Cabrini and photographs and prayers.

The Official Handbook of Exhibits in The Division of Basic Sciences is a guide to the Hall of Science at the 1934 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago.