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—to date we have contributed $1250 to Humble Design Chicago, First Book, and Project Ropa. Join us for readings at the Skokie Public Library on Nov. 6 and the Glencoe Library on November 11. Registration is free, but required.

Jenny Grosvenor Jenny Grosvenor

Jenny Grosvenor

“I need to leave so you know you can survive on your own,” my dad used to say….

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Thylias Moss Thylias Moss

Thylias Moss

The owner of the first house I lived in was a Jewish man named Mr. Arnstein….

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Larry Sablosky Larry Sablosky

Larry Sablosky

I was 16 when my 19-year-old sister and I drove our aging grandparents to Florida...

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Sara Marberry Sara Marberry

Sara O’Daffer Marberry

The journal’s inscription reads, “For my Grandma: this book is yours to write whatever you choose…

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Larry Gritton Larry Gritton

Larry Gritton

When I was growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, my family went to my grandparents’ summer place…

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Dyan Taji Dyan Taji

Dyan Taji

By the time Sean had turned nine, he had survived four deaths…

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Emory Schmidt Emory Schmidt

Emory Schmidt

While cleaning out the basement recently, my wife Kris and I came across a very old and storied knife.

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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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