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June 10, 2025 (June 6, 2025)

Q&A with the author of CHICAGO BEFORE THE FIRE

american history Chicago Illinois / regional Q&A

Louis P. Cain, author of Chicago before the Fire: An Economic History, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I have researched […]

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May 27, 2025 (May 15, 2025)

Q&A with the author of ALMOST NOTHING

architecture biography Chicago Illinois / regional Q&A women & gender studies

Nora Wendl, author of Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write this book […]

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February 6, 2025 (February 5, 2025)

Q&A with the author of RECLAIMING MODERNITY

architecture Chicago culture music Q&A sociology urban studies

Larry Bennett, editor of Reclaiming Modernity: Essays on a Paradoxical Nostalgia, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? As I indicate in […]

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December 2, 2024 (November 22, 2024)

Q&A with the author of SOUTH SIDE IMPRESARIOS

black studies Chicago classical music music Q&A women & gender studies

Samantha Ege, author of South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   […]

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October 15, 2024 (October 2, 2024)

Q&A with the author of THE DALEY SHOW

biography Chicago politics Q&A

Forrest Claypool, author of The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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October 2, 2024 (October 1, 2024)

Q&A with the author of WHEN FRIENDS COME FROM AFAR

asian american studies biography Chicago Q&A

Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]

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August 12, 2024 (July 19, 2024)

Q&A with the author of INK

African American Studies biography Chicago music Q&A sports

Clifford R. Murphy, the author of Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I felt that […]

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February 14, 2024 (January 26, 2024)

Q&A with the editors of CHICAGO’S MODERN MAYORS

biography Chicago Illinois / regional politics Q&A

Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy, editors of Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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February 12, 2024 (January 26, 2024)

Q&A with Siobhan Moroney, author of CHICAGOLAND DREAM HOUSES

american history architecture Chicago Illinois / regional Q&A

Siobhan Moroney, author of Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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February 2, 2024 (January 25, 2024)

Q&A with Patrick Wohl, author of DOWN BALLOT

american history Chicago Illinois / regional law politics Q&A

Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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January 29, 2024 (January 24, 2024)

Q&A with Hal Higdon, author of LEOPOLD & LOEB: THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY

american history Chicago criminal justice Illinois / regional Q&A sociology

Hal Higdon, author of Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century, Centenary Edition, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   I […]

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June 16, 2023 (May 16, 2023)

Q&A with Thomas Leslie, author of CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS, 1934-1986

architecture Chicago Q&A

Thomas Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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