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Chicago's Famous Buildings is a book documenting the architectural landmarks and other notable buildings of the mid 1960's in Chicago.

This is a study of the work of the architect Douglas Garofalo

How to speak Midwestern is a book about the languages and stories of people in different parts of the midwest.

Toward an Anti-Racist Feminism is a zine that explores the roots of feminism and how it is often not applied equally to all women.

Pocket-sized zine fashioned as a monthly calendar compiled by Chicago Critical Mass (a monthly bike ride/bike parade promoting the use of bicycles as a viable means of transportation). Each month, a different Chicago bicycling advocacy group or event is featured. Also contains monthly inspirational cycling-related quotes such as, "The sound of a car door opening in front of you is similar to the sound of a gun being cocked. - Amy Webster."

Taken from inside front flap: The Dynamic Library presents essays in translation from an interdisciplinary symposium on the classification and organization of knowledge held at Sitterwerk, St. Gallen, in 2011...The essays gathered in The Dynamic Library contextualize the Sitterwerk's associative classification system amid artistic and historical systems of order, while pointing to future methods for incorporating subjectivity and serendipity into the organization of knowledge

The ARC Digest is meant to archive in print the activities of Chicago’s artist-run spaces between 1999-2009. It acts both as a companion to the exhibition and an extension of that project with interviews by Dan Gunn, essays by Abigail Satinsky, The Pond, Scott Speh and John Neff, Mary Jane Jacob and Lori Waxman, and an accompanying audio program by Bad At Sports featuring an interview with Temporary Services and a panel of Chicago artist-run media organizers.

"The Gift of Art is a how-to book explaining in detail the content of workshops that give students the time and space to exercise creativity by learning sculpting processes." *

Program for the 2012 Chicago Zine Fest featuring a wonderful hand-drawn map of great Chicago businesses.