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A headshot of Adam Morgan in front of a fence next to an image of the cover of his book, A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls

The Radical Publisher Who Helped Modernism Reach an Audience with a Magazine Started in Chicago

Daniel Hautzinger

Margaret C. Anderson was censored by the U.S. government for publishing Ulysses but helped modernists like James Joyce and T.S. Eliot find an audience through her Chicago-founded magazine, as a new book shows. 

A black and white portrait of Edgar Rice Burroughs at a desk with a book open in front of him

The Creator of Tarzan Was Born 150 Years Ago in Chicago

Daniel Hautzinger

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his first adventure and science fiction stories while living in Chicago and Oak Park, creating the popular character of Tarzan. 

Henry Blake Fuller and a cover of his book, "Bertram Cope's Year"

The Chicago Author Who Wrote the First American Novel to Feature Gay Themes

Meredith Francis

Henry Blake Fuller isn't necessarily a well-known name in literature. But his book Bertram Cope's Year is considered by many to be one of the first American novels to feature gay characters. Fuller also played a big role in making social realism the literary style of Chicago.
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