By Zack Isaacs/2CN
Rallying the troops.
Posted on January 16, 2012
How To Be Black
By Ernest Wilkins/Chicago’s Wingman
“Baratunde Thurston, one of the most viral people on the internet, digital capo for The Onion, author, and recent magazine cover boy drops by for a pint and some conversation. We discuss his upcoming book ‘How To Be Black,’ calling out social media ‘gurus,’ the truth behind the term ‘ninja,’ and a lot of other stuff.”
Posted on January 12, 2012
Moby Dick via Chicago
By The Bookfighters
It could have used a lot of editing. Melville was a blowhard.
Posted on January 6, 2012
Why I Wrote My First Book
By Jermel Arcillica Taylor
Everybody has a story, but I felt that mine was enough to inspire people not to go through the things that I went through. At the age of 15 I shot someone, but at the age of 12 I started selling heroin, trying to be like the older homies I saw running the neighborhood.
Posted on December 23, 2011
The Torch Of Decency In The Sixth Ward
By 2 City News
I’m not dying. And neither is Chatham.
1. Promo: Rekindling the spirit of civic organizations.
Posted on December 20, 2011
Goodbye Bookman’s Alley
Nooks, Crannies and Vignettes
“The final chapter is being written in the 31-year history of Evanston’s celebrated used bookstore, Bookman’s Alley,” the Tribune reports. “Owner Roger Carlson recently decided to close the doors to his secluded oasis of literary treasures and antique memorabilia.”
More . . .
1. Nooks and crannies.
Posted on December 19, 2011
Chicago Confidential
State And Sin Streets
Uploaded by OAKPARKVIDEO on Dec 12, 2011
“Title comes from a Chicago trashy ‘expose’ book written by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. The book has nothing to do with the movie which is your standard cops, gangsters and crooked union leaders fare. All in all it’s worth a look.”
Posted on December 15, 2011
Barack Obama Is 4-4-4
By William Tapley, The Third Eagle of the Apocalypse
“God reveals Obama’s true character through numerology, dreams and the prophecies of Daniel.”
Posted on December 9, 2011
U of C Construction Screwing Black Bookstore
By 2nd City News
“2CN spoke with Frontline Books owner Sekou Tafari and customer Keisha Chavers about challenges facing the store.
“2CN learned of the store’s woes after finding an article written by Abbrea Stiffend of the Chicago Citizen.”
Posted on December 2, 2011
The Legacy of Ruth Stone
And The Legacy Illinois Left Upon Her
“Ruth Stone, a poet who wrote in relative obscurity until receiving the National Book Award at the age of 87 for her collection In the Next Galaxy, died on Nov. 19 at her home in Ripton, Vt. She was 96. Her death was announced [last] Tuesday by her daughter Abigail Stone,” the New York Times reports.
“A quietly respected poet who wrote in rural solitude, Ms. Stone became something of a public figure when news of her award was announced in November 2002 and press accounts drew attention to her unusual life story of struggle and belated acclaim, dominated by the suicide of her poet husband in 1959.”
Walter Stone was a graduate student at the University of Illinois when they met.
Posted on November 29, 2011