Category Archives: Writing
Defiant Acts
This article is part of two large series, one on CHICAGO WRITERS, and one on BLACK WRITERS. Most of these come from two of my Chicago books—Smokestacks and Skyscrapers (with David Starkey) or Black Writing from Chicago, and there’s some … Continue reading
Cleo and Jimmy: A Note on James T. Farrell
This article is part of a long series on Chicago writers, most of which David Starkey and I put into our anthology of Chicago writing titled Smokestacks and Skyscrapers. The complete list of writers can be found Here. Also, go … Continue reading
Albert Halper: Summer in Chicago
This is one of a large series devoted to Chicago writers. These articles are expansions of ones written as introductions to two anthologies of Chicago writing I did: first, with David Starkey, Smokestacks and Skyscrapers, and second, my Black Writing … Continue reading