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The Chicago Literary Archive is an independent, open-source research guide to Chicago’s literary, printing, and publishing history from 1837 to today. Founded by Adam Morgan in 2021, the CLA is viewable and editable by anyone interested in Chicago literature. Read more about the project in the Chicago Tribune. We are…Continue reading “About”

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‘A Street in Bronzeville’ by Gwendolyn Brooks

A Street in Bronzeville (1945) was Gwendolyn Brooks’s first poetry collection, published by Harper & Brothers in New York on…

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Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, novelist, and teacher who lived most of her life in the Bronzeville, Woodlawn, and…

4Jan 202121 May 2021
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‘The Cliff-Dwellers’ by Henry Blake Fuller

The Cliff-Dwellers (1893) was Henry Blake Fuller’s third novel and his most widely read. While his first two novels were…

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‘Annie Allen’ by Gwendolyn Brooks

28 Jan 202121 May 2021
Annie Allen (1949) was Gwendolyn Brooks's second poetry collection, published by Harper & Brothers on August 24, 1949, when she was 32 years old. Inspired by the epic poetry of…
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‘A Street in Bronzeville’ by Gwendolyn Brooks

21 Jan 202121 May 2021
A Street in Bronzeville (1945) was Gwendolyn Brooks's first poetry collection, published by Harper & Brothers in New York on August 18, 1945, when Brooks was only 28 years old.…
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‘With the Procession’ by Henry Blake Fuller

18 Jan 202123 May 2021
With the Procession (1895) was Henry Blake Fuller's fourth novel, a realist work of fiction set in Chicago like his previous book, The Cliff-Dwellers. It follows the prosperous Marshall family,…
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Gwendolyn Brooks

10 Jan 202128 Jan 2021
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was a poet, novelist, and teacher who lived most of her life in the Bronzeville, Woodlawn, and Greater Grand Crossing neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side. Her second…
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‘The Cliff-Dwellers’ by Henry Blake Fuller

4 Jan 202121 May 2021
The Cliff-Dwellers (1893) was Henry Blake Fuller's third novel and his most widely read. While his first two novels were satirical romances set in Europe with almost no dialogue, The…
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‘The Chatelaine of La Trinité’

3 Jan 202123 May 2021
The Chatelaine of La Trinité (1892) was Henry Blake Fuller's second novel and a spiritual sequel to his first novel, The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani, though no characters or plot elements…
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‘The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani’ by Henry Blake Fuller

2 Jan 202123 May 2021
The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani (1890) was Henry Blake Fuller's first novel. Set in more than a dozen Italian cities and featuring a mysterious, nomadic antihero, it was inspired by Fuller's…
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Henry Blake Fuller

2 Jan 202121 May 2021
Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929) was a novelist, dramatist, short story writer, critic, composer, and editor. Best known for his 1893 novel The Cliff-Dwellers, he was the first Chicago writer to…
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