Nonfiction

Henry Rosemont, a printer and labor activist/historian, explores many crucial but little-known aspects of American labor history in this collection of his articles. America's First Strike covers the role of Benjamin Franklin in the Philadelphia printers' strike of 1786; his influence on organized labor; the early union printers' support for the abolition of slavery; their leadership in the U.S. labor movement overall; and other issues such as the problem of technology and important labor battles like the Haymarket affair of 1886, the 1938-40 Newspaper Guild strike, and the Chicago newspaper strike of 1947-49. Dave Roediger wrote the introduction, and former Chicago 5th Ward alderman Leon Despres contributed a note about Rosemont, who was a personal acquaintance.

Exhibition catalog for the exhibit, "Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westermann," curated by Michael Rooks and on display at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Montclair Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University. "'Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westerman' attempts to shed light on the artist's early enthusiasm for painting and the implications this had for his development as a mature student who had already reached his 30s at the close of his years at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago." (p. 14).

This publication accompanies the exhibition " Barbara Crane: Chicago Loop," organized by The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago , and on view there March 21-June 15, 2002. Includes reproductions of photographs in Barbara Crane's "Chicago Loop" series, 1976-1978, now part of the LaSalle Bank Photography Collection.

"In 'Plans of Chicago,' R. Samuel Roche and Aric Lasher investigate the 'Plan of Chicago' as a design strategy and a point of departure for a new regional planning approach. They illuminate it historical context through a discussion of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the 1901 McMillan Plan for Washington, DC, its primary antecedents. Comparing its priorities and strategies with those of earlier and later plans of Chicago -- including projects by Frederick Law Olmsted, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jens Jenson, and Ludwig Hilberseimer -- Roche and Lasher offer a new approach to regional planning that combines the strengths and objectives of these various plans of Chicago.'

Other Voices is an independent literary magazine affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago, publishing short fiction, novel excerpts and interviews, with an emphasis on non-mainstream writers.

Other Voices is an independent literary magazine affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago, publishing short fiction, novel excerpts and interviews, with an emphasis on non-mainstream writers.

This issue contributes articles that discuss philosophy figures such as Foucault and Freud along with artists such as Andy Warhol.

The Suburban is a space in a home in Oak Park. In this home, artist contribute and show their work and have total freedom to do so.

This book features a variety of examples from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), the preeminent Mexican broadside artist. Broadsides, a mainstay of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Mexican penny press, were colorful, graphically powerful handbills treating a variety of themes, produced by publishers in collaboration with graphic artists like Posada. A critical essay by Posada Project guest curator Donna Miliotes (featured in both English and Spanish) analyzes Posada and his art in the context of his biography, his era, his politics, and the genre of the broadside. Published in conjunction with a two-part Art Institute exhibit (June 24-September 25, 2006; October 7, 2006-January 17, 2007).

Catalog for an exhibition of works by predominantly Chicago artists that appeared in Playboy Magazine from its founding onward. Exhibition took place at Hyde Park Art Center from March 7 to April 24, 2004. Includes an essay by Playboy writer and History Channel contributor James R. Petersen, exploring not only the art and the artists but also Playboy's contributions to American pop culture.