The thing that kept me from truly loving it was that while Dybek is a very lyrical, poetic writer, his stories sometimes lack focus and momentum. The screech of nighthawks has been replaced by the splash of rain. East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) Condition: Used - Good. The Chicago portrayed here is made up of decaying ethnic neighborhoods, not complete slums but definitely disheveled, a little worn, tired, yet with an odd beauty. Your lights! Blight is one of the best stories I've read in a long time, and in some ways its quality dampens the rest of the book for me. I’ve experienced that rare pleasure of hearing Stuart Dybek read his work—in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he is a sometime adjunct professor at Western Michigan University, and so sometimes, not at all often, has read to a large and hungry Kalamazoo audience, myself among them. If you ever wanted to take a time capsule and go back in time to the Chicago South Side during the 60's and 70's, than this book will take you there. His health was bad, his relieves said he was "failing." And so picking up this collection of stories about my favorite city, Chicago, and Dybek’s hometown, too, I knew I would be in for a street wise treat. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar voices with grand leaps of imagination, The Coast of Chicago is a masterpiece from one of America's most highly regarded writers. I lived in the South Side, definitely during a different time, but he captured a feeling that I had while living there. The way the character looks back indicates the story is vital memory(to the character's existence even). The young narrator is failing, as well, at school: "....almost everything except arithmetic, and that only because it used numbers instead f letters. Have no fear...I'll continue to name my pets lest I mortify my family. The thing that kept me from truly loving it was that while Dybek is a very lyrical, poetic writer, his stories sometimes lack focus and momentum. Hey, lights!" The Coast Of Chicago Stories Author: wiki.ctsnet.org-Stefan Fruehauf-2021-03-31-14-05-42 Subject: The Coast Of Chicago Stories Keywords: the,coast,of,chicago,stories Created Date: 3/31/2021 2:05:42 PM Hey, lights!" Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar … A child's collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. I also like the lines from Strays..."I never give any of them names. Just as a writer I found the quality of his prose alone making my little heart beat faster, these stories are breathtaking. Known for its high concentration of museums, music and theater ensembles, performance venues, cultural nonprofits, and arts education opportunities, the region spans from just south of McCormick Place to the South Shore Cultural Center and is bordered by Lake Michigan to the east and the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west. Strains of Chopin floating down the tenement airshaft are transformed into a mysterious anthem of loss. Resource Information The item The coast of Chicago, Stuart Dybek represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. I love this book. Often, Dybek writes a narrator who is a curious observer and this was a pleasure to read. Explores the world of paradox and the borders between the known and the unfamiliar, in a collection of stories. If you ever wanted to take a time capsule and go back in time to the Chicago South Side during the 60's and 70's, than this book will take you there. 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