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Martin Preib’s The Wagon and Other Stories

by Jerome Ludwig April 22, 2010August 19, 2021

Chicago cop Martin Preib’s book The Wagon and Other Stories From the City published by the University of Chicago Press

Posted inBlogs

Free E-book From the University of Chicago Press

by Jerome Ludwig April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

Free e-book of Leo Durocher’s Nice Guys Finish Last

Posted inBlogs

Free E-Book of Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White

by Jerome Ludwig January 5, 2010August 19, 2021

A free e-book edition of comedy duo Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen’s book Tim & Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White.

Posted inBlogs

The Wit and Wisdom of Carol Fisher Saller

by Jerome Ludwig December 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Carol Fisher Saller, the subversive copy editor

Dominic Pacyga at the Union Stock Yard gate
Posted inArts & Culture

Fall Books Special: Chicago’s Life Story

by Deanna Isaacs November 5, 2009August 19, 2021

Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga’s been telling the city’s history in pieces for years. Now he’s put it all together.

Posted inArts & Culture

Fighting Second City Syndrome One Blog Entry at a Time

by Martha Bayne May 31, 2007August 19, 2021

Literago gets a hungy welcome from a scene primed for validation.

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Snark at the U. of C. Press

by Harold Henderson February 21, 2007August 19, 2021

U. of C. copy editors answer your style questions.

Posted inNews & Politics

Cityscape: How the Lakefront Was Won

by James Krohe Jr. November 7, 1991August 20, 2021

Every sizable city has a symphony and an art museum, but no one has lakefront parks like ours. How we got them is the subject of a classic book recently reissued.

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