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News Fri Nov 09 2007
Recent Stories
This has been one of those weeks, but I would like to close some tabs and catch up with some recent Chicago-related lit news from around the web:
- The Christian Science Monitor has a short Q&A with Karen Abbott, author of Sin in the Second City.
- UofC grad student Meredith McGuire recently won the First Chapters Romance Writing Competition sponsored by publisher Simon & Schuster. She will receive a $5,000 advance for her novel The Shadow's Kiss and see it published by S&S next year. Way to go.
- The Newberry Library will receive the 2007 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for extraordinary public service. Congratulations to them.
- The November issue of Bookslut has an interview with local author Cris Mazza written by a fellow local author, Charles Blackstone.
— Alice Maggio
As a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, author Sudhir Venkatesh gained entrance into one of Chicago's largest street gangs. Gang Leader for a Day tells the story of the inner workings of the gang and the extraordinary friendship he developed with one of the gang's leaders.
