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Poetry written in free, modern style by a black/African-American female writer. From back cover:"This long-awaited compendium of works by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs will blow your mind with its delirious play of signs, its cultural repurposings and reclaimings, its endlessly spinning polyglot wheel, and its breezy repertoire of ribald, faux-naif cyberfolk myth-science. With dazzling rigor and imagination, Ms. Diggs shares with us a view from Harlem that shines a knowing light on every place in the observable universe. To read these works is to feel the world in mid-transformation. (words by Vijay Iyer)

From dust jacket:" Studs Terkel:A Life In Words is the story of a broadcasting and writing phenomenon and represents the remarkable result of a sequence of meetings between the two supreme masters of the tape-recorded interview, America's Studs Terkel and Britain's Tony Parker. For forty years, Studs Terkel's daily radio talk show, based in Chicago, has won him national recognition. His best-selling books including Hard Times, Working, and his Pulitzer-prize winner "The Good War" are classics of oral history and have brought him international fame."

Short fiction, poetry, essays, by DuPage College students

"Friends suggested numerous ideas for this year's book. I favored "sauces" for the simple reason that in most forms of cookery and eating, the sauce is the making of the dish whether it be Hungarian, French, English or just plain American food, But I wondered about the origin of the word. I found the expression, "To earn one's salt," had deep meaning in the days before refrigeration when salt was the chief means of keeping meat from spoiling. Things preserved with salt were "salsa," a Latin term whence came the English interpretation, "sauce," and "saucy." Many other words came out of this interesting beginning. "Saucy" is even used to express ideas and manners. Fran Dobbs, my associate for more years than she cares to admit, and a fine cook in her own right, liked the idea and when she obligingly offered to the research this past summer in her new home at Pentwater, Michigan, how could I resist? So for this year's greeting, you have "Consider The Sauce." I hope it will prove to be a good and helpful book. Use it often and you will come to prize it. Barbara, Penny, Tom, Tim and David join once again in wishing you and yours a most Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy, Happy New Year." Howard Waldemar Sams Christmas 1957

Short political and autobiographical prose pieces.

Overview of meal-based residency program held at Joong Boo Market. Author chooses artists, then they meet and discuss art over a meal.

Anthology, from back cover: " Rust Belt Chicago collects essays, journalism, fiction, and poetry from more than fifty writers who speak both directly and elliptically to the concerns the city shares with the region at large."

Short nonfiction. From inside cover: " Slag Glass City is a magazine of essay arts, textual burlesque, and post-industrial forms. We are a creative nonfiction and multidisciplinary media journal engaged with sustainability, identity and art in urban environments..."

From page one of this publication: "Slag Glass City Miniatures are periodic compilations selected from the online journal Slag Glass City. This edition was created by students, faculty, and contributing editors at Chicago's DePaul University, as part of the M.A. in Writing & Publishing course The American Literary Magazine--Idealists and Happy fools. Slag Glass City is a magazine of essay arts, textual burlesque, and post-industrial forms. We are a creative nonfiction and multidisciplinary media journal engaged with sustainability, identity, and art in urban environments. The living city is broken and blooming. How will our roof gardens grow?"