Category Archives: Chicago Writing
Nelson Algren’s City on the Make
The Video Below presents a performance by David Starkey and me of a passage from “Nobody Knows Where O’Connor Went,” the last chapter of Nelson Algren’s great prose poem Chicago: City on the Make. Shortly after Loyola Press/Wild Onion published our book Smokestacks … Continue reading
Nelson Algren: His Job, Chicago
Although Nelson Algren was born in Detroit in 1909, his family moved to Chicago when he was three, and he lived in the city for most of his life. Algren graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of … Continue reading
Carolyn Rodgers Reads “Prodigal Objects”
What a treat for Carolyn Rodgers fans. Below hear the great poet read her poem “Prodigal Objects,” September 1999, in a show at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois. It was held to celebrate the release a few months earlier of … Continue reading