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The People Are the News: Grant Pick's Chicago Stories

Beschreibung

Features writings from Grant Pick's long career in literary journalism. Most of his stories focus on interesting but overlooked Chicagoans, like the struggling owner of a laundromat on the west side or the successful doctor who, as he faced his own death from cancer, strove to enlighten his colleagues in the medical field.

Autor

Grant Pick (1947-2005) was a freelance writer whose work appeared most frequently in the Chicago Reader. He also wrote for the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times Sunday Magazine, Crain's Chicago Business, and Catalyst until his sudden death. John Pick is Grant Pick's son and an actor and teacher living in Los Angeles. He graduated from Kenyon College and trained at the Steppenwolf Theater. He currently teaches acting in the Los Angeles Unified School District and is a member of the Actor's Gang. Kathy Richland Pick is an acclaimed portrait and editorial photographer and the wife of the late Grant Pick.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Northwestern University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 186mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 807g
• ISBN-13: 9780810124455
• ISBN-10: 0810124459
• Artikelnr.: 22801842