{"product_id":"the-chicago-neighborhood-guidebook-paperback","title":"The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Bayne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Contributors from all corners of the city share space, each individual neighborhood weaving together into an evocative tapestry.\" --\u003ci\u003eCurbed Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate, idiosyncratic look at the third-largest city in the country, exploring community history and identity in a global city through essays, poems, photo essays, and art articulating the lived experience of its residents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What did one pizzeria mean to a boy growing up in Ashburn? How can South Shore encompass so much beauty and so much pain? Where's the best borscht in Ukrainian Village? Who's got a handle on the ever-shifting identity of Rogers Park? All this and more is explored in this lyrical, subjective, completely non-comprehensive guide to Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With contributions from more than forty writers, including Megan Stielstra, Audrey Petty, Dmitry Samarov, Lily Be, and many others, covering forty-three of Chicago's diverse neighborhoods, it is a snapshot of a city at an inflection point, representing grassroots history at its finest--and a must for anyone keen to understand what makes Chicago tick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Required reading.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stirring, entertaining and informative . . . [Brings] to vivid life the diverse people and wildly divergent experiences that populate Chicago.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Detours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartha Bayne\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior editor with Belt Publishing and a Chicago-based freelance writer. Her work has been published in regional and national outlets including \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEater\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChicago Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eBaffler\u003c\/em\u003e, and Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism. She is the editor of \u003cem\u003eRust Belt Chicago: An Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRed State Blues: Stories from Midwestern Life on the Left\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by Belt, and the author of the narrative cookbook \u003cem\u003eSoup \u0026amp; Bread Cookbook: Building Community One Pot at a Time\u003c\/em\u003e (Agate, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412511789293,"sku":"9781948742498","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-chicago-neighborhood-guidebook-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}