Category Archives: Writing
Chicago Writers List
This list of Chicago Writers provides easy access to, and an overview of, articles about them on this site. It’s based on the writers David Starkey and I included in our 1999 book Smokestacks & Skycrapers, and also contains some writers based on … Continue reading
Praise for Smokestacks & Skyscrapers
In 1999 Loyola University Press’ imprint, Wild Onion Books, published a book David Starkey and I edited. Smokestacks and Skyscrapers was the first major anthology of Chicago writing in nearly 50 years and by far its most comprehensive. It gained … Continue reading
The Black Chicago Renaissance
In the opening line of her introduction to The Black Chicago Renaissance, Darlene Clark Hine writes that “beginning in the 1930’s and lasting into the 1950’s, black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that rivaled and, some argue, exceeded the cultural … Continue reading