Posted by connor on February 14, 2011
If you enter Chicago from the east along I-94 or I-90 you would cross city limits at the Indiana-Illinois border or at the Calumet River. According to this book, however, you would seemingly not enter Chicago until you reached Roosevelt Road after another dozen-or-so miles. By focusing overwhelmingly on the North Side of the city, the book deprives its readers of some of the most inspiring and memorable features of what Norman Mailer called “the last of the great American cities.”
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Posted by connor on February 9, 2011
In Chicago, February has not been warmer than January this year. It feels like it must be at least a dozen degrees colder. What I have noticed is the increase in daylight, with the sun still above the horizon after five, sometimes while I’m getting dinner ready. And the sland of the sun has started to swing northward again.
Posted by connor on February 7, 2011
On Facebook, I’ve posted a public photo album of my reading at Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago.
You can see more photos here.
Posted by connor on February 2, 2011
What does an adventurous writer do when the city where he lives is socked by the blizzard of the half-century? He documents the whole thing! I’ve taken some photos and videos of Snowmageddon 2011 on the North Side of Chicago (Edgewater Beach). Let me know what you think!
- From the Icy McDonalds of Death.
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Posted by connor on January 27, 2011
Check it! I’m going to be doing a reading from my novel Hungry Rats at the best bookstore in Chicago’s Wicker Park!
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL
Saturday, February 5 · 7:00pm – 8:00pm
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