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 […]
Q&A with the author of CHICAGO BEFORE THE FIRE

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]