childhood

A split zine with the first half being about the author's experiences living in her childhood home. The second half, in the words of the author- "Lake Effect is about experiences with violence-physical and emotional- and how these experiences shape the way I understand myself and interact with the world."

A zine about growing up strange.

Collection of poetry and prose.

A chapbook about the lives of adolescents as contributed by students of the 826CHI Youth Advisory Board.

There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America is a 1991 biography by Alex Kotlowitz that describes the experiences of two brothers growing up in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. It won the Carl Sandburg award. *

The Acme Novelty Library is Chris Ware's series of comics including stories form his characters Jimmy Corrigan and Rusty Brown.

A collection of poems from the local author, Paul Carroll. Published in 1978, the compilation includes new material as well as poems previously featured in the Chicago Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Choice, the Nation and more.

A self-reflective zine about childhood guilt.

Closer to the Earth is a collection of poetry by chicago poet Lynn Fitzgerald

There is no question of the strength of the writing that has come from this city-Algren, Castillo, Brooks, Bellow, Farrell; Sandburg, etc. etc. But there was no journal striving to showcase that Chicago style of writing-a style that is so often shunned or misunderstood. So here it is...After Hours...a showcase of Chicago writers and artists. -taken from issue.