Follow us on our FB page to see new pieces every Wednesday. We are excited to announce that you can now order STORIED STUFF VOLUME 2 the second paperback collection of Storied Stuff essays and pix. All proceeds go to assist not for profits. Our thanks to the Skokie and Glencoe libraries for hosting packed readings in November. You can now view the video of GLENCOE.

Sharon Fiffer Sharon Fiffer

Sharon Fiffer

When I turned 7, my dad took me to the Kankakee Book Store…

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Steve Fiffer Steve Fiffer

Steve Fiffer

In 1959, I sent my hero, the NY Yankees’ Mickey Mantle, a letter…

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Jim Dorr Jim Dorr

Jim Dorr

Every summer in the ‘50s we would head to Brainerd, Minnesota…

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Jim Tauber Jim Tauber

Jim Tauber

I have saved this plastic robot since I was about 7...

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Julie Cowan Julie Cowan

Julie Cowan

As I pick out a blue pastel stick from the wooden box ...

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Alan Rosen Alan Rosen

Alan Rosen

This simple cup, saucer and plate matching set is quite ordinary…

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Alan Steinberg Alan Steinberg

Alan Steinberg

April 1961, Far Rockaway High School baseball field, Queens, NY...

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Whitney Otto Whitney Otto

Whitney Otto

The Reina Victoria Hotel in Madrid sits at one end of the Plaza del Angels…

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Jack Hertz Jack Hertz

Jack Hertz

I was at Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, on October 13, 1960...

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Fred Karger Fred Karger

Fred Karger

When I was growing up in Glencoe, a bedroom suburb north of Chicago, I didn’t quite fit in….

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