![]() ![]() Windy McPherson's Son, Sherwood Anderson (1916). ( GB tour of historic sites.) Garfield Park It's non-fiction, but written like a novel. A thriller set against the backdrop of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, serial killer H. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (2004). The definitive story of the old Union Stockyards. Named after the famous painting that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago. The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather (1915). Jewish family life, food, and one of the city's funniest novels. Since Chicago's literary history is just as impressive, I thought I'd take a crack at the City of Big Shoulders' best novels, neighborhood by neighborhood, from Henry Blake Fuller to Sandra Cisneros. Last week, the New York Public Library released its list of the Best New York City Novels by Neighborhood, pairing the city's best works of fiction with the neighborhoods in which they take place, from Henry James to Teju Cole. ![]() Gloria Steinem in Conversation with Roxane Gay »īooks Tue Best Chicago Novels by Neighborhood « Poetry Center of Chicago Revives Poets Look at Paintings ![]()
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