Chicago Literature Index

Chicago Studies

	Title	Links	Published
1.	*“Inside Prairie Avenue-And Beyond”* An article published in Chicago Classic magazine.	Megan McKinney
2.	*The Origins of the Chicago Wheel* An article in Chicago Architecture Center.	Marko Dumlija
3.	*Midwest Portraits*	Harry Hansen Harry Hansen Link	1923
4.	*Chicago in Seven Days*	John Drury John Drury Link	1928
5.	*Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld*	Herbert Asbury	1940
6.	*Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City*	St. Clair Drake St. Clair Drake Link	1945
7.	*Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company* This history was written when the department store was in its full bloom as a legendary retailer. The narrative begins pre-Chicago Fire, when retail demand, especially among women, had expanded dramatically, then through the devastation caused by the natural disaster.	Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt Herman Kogan Link	1952
8.	*Fabulous Chicago*	Emmett Dedmon Emmett Dedmon Link	1953
9.	*The Chicago Renaissance in American Letters: A Critical History*	Bernard Duffy	1954
10.	*Chicago: City of Neighborhoods*	Dominic A. Pacyga and Ellen Skerrett Dominic A. Pacyga Link Ellen Skerrett Link	1986
11.	*Explosion of Chicago’s Black Street Gangs: 1900 to Present*	Useni Eugene Perkins Useni Eugene Perkins, Link	1987
12.	*Nelson Algren: A Walk on the Wild Side*	Bettina Drew	1989
13.	*Writing Illinois: The Prairie, Lincoln and Chicago*	James Hurt	1992
14.	*Chicago’s Sacred Spaces*	Rolf Achilles Rolf Achilles Link	1993
15.	*October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature*	Carlo Rotella Carlo Rotella Link	1998
16.	*Smokestacks & Skyscrapers: An Anthology of Chicago Writing*	Richard Guzman and David Starkey (ed.) Richard Guzman Link	1999
17.	*Chicago’s South Shore Country Club*	William M. Krueger	2001
18.	*Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Vol. I: The Authors*	Phillip A. Greasley (ed.)	2001
19.	*The Heart of Chicago’s South Shore: A Neighborhood Coming Full Circle*		2001
20.	*The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture*	John D'Emilio John D’Emilio Link	2002
21.	*The Encyclopedia of Chicago*	James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff (eds) Ann Durkin Keating Link	2004
22.	*Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871-1919*	Timothy Spears Timothy Spears Link	2005
23.	*Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity*	Jacqueline Najuma Stewart Jacqueline Najuma Stewart Link	2005
24.	*Black Writing from Chicago: In the World, Not of It?*	Richard Guzman Richard Guzman Link	2006
25.	*Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems 1966-2009*	Haki R. Madhubuti Haki Madhubuti Link	2009
26.	*The Chicago Literary Renaissance*	Jan Pinkerton and Randolph H. Hudson (eds)	2009
27.	*The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City*	Steven A. Riess and Gerald R. Gems (eds) Steven A. Riess Link	2009
28.	*Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago*	Leonard G. Ramirez Leonard G. Ramirez Link	2011
29.	*Remembering Marshall Field’s*	Leslie Goddard Leslie Goddard Link	2011
30.	*The Chicago Literary Experience: Writing the City, 1893–1953*	Frederik Byrn Køhlert	2011
31.	*The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide*	James A. Kaser	2011
32.	*Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance*	Steven C. Tracy	2011
33.	*Chicago Portraits*	June Skinner Sawyers June Sawyers Link	2012
34.	*Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall*	St. Sukie de la Croix St. Sukie de la Croix Link	2012
35.	*City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago*	Gary Krist	2012
36.	*Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect*	Robert J. Sampson Robert J. Sampson Link	2012
37.	*The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream*	Thomas Dyja Thomas Dyja Link	2013
38.	*Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis*	Liesl Olson Liesl Olson Link	2017
39.	*Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald in Conflict*	Michelle Moore Michelle Moore Link	2018
40.	*The World Is Always Coming to End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood*	Carlo Rotella Carlo Rotella Link	2019
41.	*The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago before the fire*	Ann Durkin Keating Ann Durkin Keating Link	2019
42.	*Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives*	John D'Emilio John D’Emilio Link	2020
43.	*Chicago: A Literary History*	Frederik Byrn Køhlert	2021
44.	*Tracing Muhammad Ali’s Memory in Chicago- A Photo Essay*	Lee Bay	2021
45.	*Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification*	Mike Amezcua Mike Amezcua Link	2022
46.	*Oak Woods Cemetery Project*	Hyde Park Historical Society Hyde Park Historical Society Link	2022
47.	*Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City, 1940-1977*	Mirelsie Velazquez Mirelsie Velázquez Link	2022
48.	*Uninsured in Chicago: How the Social Safety Net Leaves Latinos Behind*	Robert Vargas Robert Vargas Link	2022
49.	*Mexican and Chicano Literature in Chicago: Transplanting Early Roots to the Barrios and Beyond*	Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman Link	2023
50.	*Chicago Homes: A Portrait of the City’s Everyday Architecture*	Carla Bruni and Phil Thompson Carla Bruni Link Phil Thompson Link	2025
51.	*Chicago in Transit*	Graham Chapman	2026
52.	*Doorways of Chicago*	Ronnie Frey	2026
53.	*Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago*	David Omotoso Stovall David Omotoso Stovall Link	2026
54.	*Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago*	Will Quam	2026
55.	*The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining*	Michael Gebert	2026
56.	*The Young Lords Speak: Building Revolution on the Streets of Chicago*	Jacqueline Lazú	2026
57.	*White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago*	Michael Staudenmaier	2026