Ben LeFort

Lost in Darkness: JOT Writers on Home, Housing and Homelessness

Location

1313 East 60th Street
60637 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
M Journal of Ordinary Thought: Lost in Darkness
Date: 
Spring 2002
Abstract: 
"Lost in Darkness" speaks to the voices never heard, the stories never told. The voices of those with no guarantee of hearth and home. Books on housing usually don't make the best-seller lists. Housing isn't "sexy". You won't hear these stories in the late-night on Letterman or Leno. But many of us are just a couple of paychecks away from the street. Recent studies have confirmed it: Twenty-first Century Chicago faces an alarming crisis - a severe shortage of affordable house. This collection captures the real, human stories of housing and homelessness. The words of human beings who shuffle, invisible, through half-lives of bus shelters, viaducts and abandoned basements.
Language: 
English

Journal of Ordinary Thought: I Always Like Plenty of Napkins

Catalog Number: 
Journal, Journal of Ordinary Thought
Date: 
Winter 2011
Edition: 
Winter 2011
Abstract: 
"The Journal of Ordinary Thought (JOT) publishes reflections people make on their personal histories and everyday experiences. It is founded on the propositions that every person is a philosopher, expressing one's thoughts foster creativity and change, and taking control of life requires people to think about the world and communicate their thoughts to others. JOT strives to be a vehicle for reflection, communication, and change. The Journal of Ordinary Thought was founded by Hal Adams is 1991." This edition contains poems, reflections, illustrations and photographs concerning food and the culture surrounding it.
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Contributors continued: Lori Jones, D.L. Minor, Ida Watanabe, Emmoretta Jones, Jeanette A. Jordan, Phyllis E. Roker, Don Watanabe, Esther Jones, Gabbrielle Martin, Sylvia Taylor, Sheila Black, Baba Tony Brown, Debra Marks, D. Kucha Brownlee, Margaret Williamson, Deborah Dennis, Nena Adams, Marita DeMarinis, J.P. Marsch, Claire Bartlett, K.C. Hagans, Norma Mateo, Edmee Cappas Velez, Leticia J. Jimenez, Ronnie Fare, Ramiro Rodriguez, Darren High, Jermell Sledge, Javier Rodriguez, Hector Vasquez, Students of DePaul University's “Discover Chicago: Photographing Chicago Landscapes" First part of Abstract is from inside pages.
ISSN/ISBN: 
15350614
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Item Donor: 
Journal of Ordinary Thought

Journal of Ordinary Thought: Authors of History

Catalog Number: 
Journal, Journal of Ordinary Thought
Date: 
Summer 2008
Abstract: 
Participants in the Neighborhood writing Alliance collaboratively write our shared history through the personal.
Language: 
English
Spanish
Polish
Notes: 
Contributors continued: Michael Bryant, Pennie Holmes-Brinson, Helena Marie Carnes-Jeffries, Malvin Jeffries, Larry Jackson, Marion Jackson, Donna Marie McCamey, Nedra Mixon, Mary Moran, Patricia Aguilar, Esperanza Ayala, Maria Delgado, Norma Flores, Sandra Gaspar, Hugo Lopez, Rebeca Nieto, Maria Elena Orozco, Rosa Maria Ponce, Irma Quiroz, Edmee Cappas, Dianna Cruz-Martinez, Tasha Johnson, Norma Mateo, Yolanda Nieves, Ranis Thomas, James Bailey, Dwight Barkley, Preston Berry, Robert Donille, Ranchy Fletcher, Clarence McCarthy, William McLemore, Brad Norris, Sang Pham, Ken Samergin, Antoine Scott, Derrick Spradley
ISSN/ISBN: 
15350614
Website: 

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