Explore Chicago

  Write an essay in which you analyze one of the poems, short stories, or excerpts from a novel, etc. in light of the comments made in one of the following essays on Chicago Literature: The intro to Smokestacks and Skyscrapers Stuart Dybek's intro to Chicago Stories Cris Mazza's essay Sarah Vowel!, "Michigan and Wacker" (2000) Bill Granger, "City of Words" HL Mencken essay, " The Literary Capital of the United States" In other words, how does the story or poem or excerpt illustrate and/or differ from the points one of the above essayists is making about Chicago Literature?