Nonfiction

Gwendolyn Brooks offers a primer to children on how to start writing poetry, and includes eight of her own poems intended especially for children.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on black identity.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on social conditions in late-apartheid South Africa, using Winnie Mandela as a creative lens.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks on Chicago culture and politics, including the mayoral election of Harold Washington.

Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, treating contemporary racial and political issues.

Monthly publication of the Poetry Foundation, featuring work by both new and established poets.

"Around the world the name "Chicago" conjures up images of the Roaring Twenties, speakeasies, cops and robbers, and "Scarface" Al Capone. In Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Chicago, author Alzina Stone Dale brings all of this-and more-to life in 10 walking tours of Chicago's neighborhoods, as described in the works of Sara Paretsky, Craig Rice, and more than 70 other mystery writers Each Walk is accompanied by an easy-to-follow map of your route, as well as recommended restaurants and places of interest along the way, presented in a style that is evocative of the great writers, books and sleuths identified with the Windy City."

"In Guildworks you will hear voices as individual and powerful as those you will find in any urban collection of poetry and prose. They are representative of a people who live in a part of Chicago that refuses to be judged by what it lacks but, rather, by what it contributes to the life of a city that well knows how it feels to be perceived as a cultural stepchild. All labels aside, we are proud to introduce to a larger audience the best of the West Side Writers Guild."

"Hey, Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer to Corporate and Governmental Propoganda and Artistic Activism for Short People is a how-to guide for young adults who have a problem with the way the world works but don't yet know how to achieve their goals for world change. Providing a solid introduction to media literacy and easy-to-follow instructions for influencing and creating media on your own, Hey, Kidz! emphasizes the importance of community building, teamwork, historical research, and creative self-expression."

"Harvey Jacobs' compiled columns are beautifully written, thought provoking and memorable. They go to the heart of midwestern America and make us rejoice in its uplifting values."