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For twenty-six years Chicagoan Mike Royko has written the best doggone daily essay column in America. Along the way he's discovered the strange, the unusual, and the truth. So now meet his creation, Dr. I. M. Kookie, who thinks the world is just one big madhouse. Mike Royko thinks so too, but his remedy is to laugh.* *Abstract taken from back cover

"H. Melt’s SIRvival in The Second City: Transqueer Chicago Poems is a guide and lightning rod; a contestation of every border imaginable and a celebration of the necessary and ingenious spaces created by the public presence(s) of courageous Trans & Queer people(s) engaged in the construction of new culture(s) and identities for us all." *

This Zine is a collection of abstract images, words, and thoughts.

One Man's Life: A Poetic Review is a book of poetry by Chicago native John W. McGuire, Sr. His poems focus on lessons that he has learned in his life, and his faith and love of the American family.

"The 826CHI Compendium is an annually produced publication, featuring work created by students during our various programs, as well as at-large submissions from student writers throughout the Chicago area." *

This zine was produced in tandem with the preservation workshop at the Read/Write Library entitled "Death and Trash"

Rooftops are Parallelograms is a collection of poems by students in the Young Chicago Authors Saturday Writing Program.

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.

"Lab Rat, issue 1: Happiness is a Virtue That I Can't Afford" is a compilation of poetry, art, short prose by various authors.