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Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions

Michael Czyzniejewski

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Chicago Stories, 40 dramatic fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, acclaimed author and Wrigley Field beer vendor, each told in the persona of a famous Chicagoan, from Mrs. O'Leary to Barack Obama.

"Flexing impressive literary chops, the beer vendor/creative-writing professor captures both the tough, defensive exterior and the vulnerable, often-broken heart of his city."

— Timeout Chicago

"Chicago, a page at a time. Michael Czyzniejewski gets right to the point in telling the city's stories."

— Chicago Tribune

"...Michael Czyzniejewski’s “Chicago Stories,” forty fictional monologues riffing on the common culture of the Windy City’s shared history, projected forward into a possible future. Not quite historical fiction—more like historical jazz."

— Newcity Lit

"In 'Chicago Stories,' Michael Czyzniejewski summons all of Chicago — its ghosts, living and dead, its heroes and fools, sinners and saints, its people and places and all of its occasions — and in these pages they have gathered, strange and unlikely bedfellows, to sing a new song for Chicago. It will twist your arm behind your back, this song. It will break your fingers."

— Billy Lombardo, author of The Man With Two Arms and The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Curbside Splendor Publishing Inc.

Release: April 01, 2012

ISBN: 0983422850

ISBN 13: 9780983422853

Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions

Michael Czyzniejewski

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Chicago Stories, 40 dramatic fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, acclaimed author and Wrigley Field beer vendor, each told in the persona of a famous Chicagoan, from Mrs. O'Leary to Barack Obama.

"Flexing impressive literary chops, the beer vendor/creative-writing professor captures both the tough, defensive exterior and the vulnerable, often-broken heart of his city."

— Timeout Chicago

"Chicago, a page at a time. Michael Czyzniejewski gets right to the point in telling the city's stories."

— Chicago Tribune

"...Michael Czyzniejewski’s “Chicago Stories,” forty fictional monologues riffing on the common culture of the Windy City’s shared history, projected forward into a possible future. Not quite historical fiction—more like historical jazz."

— Newcity Lit

"In 'Chicago Stories,' Michael Czyzniejewski summons all of Chicago — its ghosts, living and dead, its heroes and fools, sinners and saints, its people and places and all of its occasions — and in these pages they have gathered, strange and unlikely bedfellows, to sing a new song for Chicago. It will twist your arm behind your back, this song. It will break your fingers."

— Billy Lombardo, author of The Man With Two Arms and The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories

Language: English

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Curbside Splendor Publishing Inc.

Release: April 01, 2012

ISBN: 0983422850

ISBN 13: 9780983422853

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