http://www.windycitizen.com/neighborhoods/edgewater The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/01/10/undies-on-the-el <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> Sorry, Mom. I took my pants off in public again. </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/gettingstrange" class="og_links">Getting Strange</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/01/10/undies-on-the-el">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Egettingstrange/2009/01/10/undies-on-the-el#comments Edgewater Theater chicago El improv everywhere no pants no pants subway ride pantsless ride performance art Getting Strange Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:15:32 -0600 4117 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/05/lazarus-and-a-genius <p><!--paging_filter--><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">Aleksandar Hemon moved from Sarajevo to Chicago in 1992, wrote his first story in English in 1995, and won a MacArthur “genius grant&quot; in 2004. Not bad, right?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Last week Hemon released the fruit of his “genius grant,&quot; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lazarus-Project-Aleksandar-Hemon/dp/1594489882" target="_blank"><i>The Lazarus Project</i></a>, a novel that jumps between the murder of a Jew in early 20^thcentury Chicago and a Bosnian immigrant in modern-day Chicago investigating the victim. Hemon’s 2002 novel <i>Nowhere Man </i>and 2000 debut collection of stories, <i>The Question of Bruno</i>, also feature Chicago heavily. His style is a mix of careful description and epic narrative, channeling the desires and dreams of immigrants in America; he lives in Edgewater, one of the most diverse and immigrant friendly neighborhoods in the city.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/%7Ebetweenthelines" class="og_links">Between the Lines</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/05/lazarus-and-a-genius">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/05/05/lazarus-and-a-genius#comments Edgewater fiction hemon writers Between the Lines Mon, 05 May 2008 13:48:02 -0500 1272 at http://www.windycitizen.com