Growing up Chicago /

Growing Up Chicago is a collection of coming-of-age stories written by Chicagoland authors that reflects the diversity of the city and its metropolitan area. Primarily memoir, the book asks what characterizes a Chicago author?

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schaafsma, David, 1953- (Editor), Pilat, Roxanne (Editor), Bell, Lauren DeJulio (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2022].
Series:Second to none: Chicago stories.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Roxanne Pilat, David Schaafsma, Lauren DeJulio Bell
  • Chicago / Daiva Markelis
  • Between Boys / Anne Calcagno
  • Running Girl / Nnedi Okorafor
  • Vigil / Stuart Dybek
  • All-American Boy / David Mura
  • From Love, Hate & Other Filters / Samira Ahmed
  • Planet Rock / Dhana-Marie Branton
  • White Power / Christian Picciolini
  • Dillinger / Jessie Ann Foley
  • Mothman / Emil Ferris
  • From I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter / Erika L. SaÌ?nchez
  • Detention / James McManus
  • The Untouchables / Maxine Chernoff
  • Discovering My Femininity in Menswear / M Shelly Conner
  • Death of the Right Fielder / Stuart Dybek
  • My Mother's Mexico / Ana Castillo
  • My Father's Pillow Talk / Charles Johnson
  • The Power and Limitations of Victim-Impact Statements / Rebecca Makkai
  • Grave News / Saja Elshareif
  • During the Reign of Vytautas the Great / Daiva Markelis
  • Children of the Fifty-Sixers: Growing Up in Hungarian Chicago / Rebecca Makkai
  • Growing Up in Chicago / Tony Romano
  • The View from the South Side, 1970 / George Saunders.