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Company
PayPal / Henry Holt and Co. / NBC / Dow Chemical / Copper Canyon Press / United Press International / Pioneer Press / Cavendish Square Publishing / Chicago Tribune / Lake Shore Publishing / Chicago Sun-Times / New York Times / Peepal Tree Press / University of Minnesota Press / Red Hen Press / /
Continent
America / /
Country
France / Germany / United States / /
Currency
PEN / USD / / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the PEN Hemingway Book Prize / the Ultra Music Festival / the Prince Claus Award / the O / Miami Poetry Festival / the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Person Travel / /
Facility
Northeastern Illinois University / Cavendish Square / University of Chicago Press Finalist / Northwestern University / University of Alabama / Haymarket Square / Homer Twp Public Library / University of Minnesota Press The / Malaprop’s Bookstore / Mount Prospect Public Library / Green Mill Jazz Lounge / Riverside Public Library / Mount Mary University / Haymarket Pub / /
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energy / oil / /
Movie
Presumed Innocent / /
MusicAlbum
Won / /
NaturalFeature
Miami Beach / Third Coast / Lake Michigan / /
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Chicago Press Veterans Association / SMA committee / Joliet West High School / Society of Midland Authors / Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation / New Trier High School / Miami College / Northwestern University / U.S. Embassy in Paris / Society of Midland / University of Alabama / Illinois Association for Children / Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago / Learning Disabilities Association of America / Mount Mary University in Milwaukee / McHenry County Historical Society / Virginia Foundation for the Humanities / Northeastern Illinois University / Northwestern University in Illinois / University of Chicago Press Finalist / Guggenheim Memorial Foundation / United States Army / Cliff Dwellers Club / Society of Midland Authors Fiction Gwendolyn / Illinois Coal Association / Twitter@midlandauthors Society of Midland Authors / The University of Chicago / Speak’Easy Poetry Ensemble / National Poetry Month / University of Minnesota / National League of American Penwomen / Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy / /
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Hamlin Garland / Marty McConnell / Carl Smith / Joseph G. Peterson / Soleil Le Coeur / Dominic Pacyga / Saul Bellow / Clifford Hullinger / Christine Sneed / Joseph Peterson / James Klise / Neil Steinberg / Marc Kelly Smith / Chris Abani / Ted Anton / Winston Churchill / Achy Obejas / Billy Lombardo / James Ballowe / David Radavich / Roger Bonair-Agard / Margaret S. Herguth Margaret Herguth / Aleksandar Hemon / Thomas Dyja / Carl Phillips / Michael Shelden / Paul Durica / Stuart Dybek / Ray Boomhower / Patricia Kummer / Brandt Brandt / Lynn Hansen / Alex Kotlowitz / Michael Williams / Jeannette Brandt / Elena George / Louise Hullinger Louise Hullinger / Edward Hirsch / Taylor Pensoneau / Andrew Medlar / Richard Lindberg / Ann Bausum / Rick Atkinson / Downstate Illinois / Charlotte Herman / J.W. Basilo / Rahm Emmanuel / Neal Bascomb / Barbara Shoup / Diane Diekman / Louise Erdrich / Arthur George / Roger Ebert / Gary Schmidt / Bob Herguth / Patricia Polacco / Lila Woodson / Daniel / Ruth Spiro / Dave Eggers / Bayo Ojikutu / Herbert H. Dow / Vachel Lindsay / Jim Schwab / Bryan Furuness / Elizabeth Fama / Haki R. Madhubuti / Rahm Emanuel / Donna Seaman / Ken Burns / Barack Obama / David Von Drehle / Chris Jones / Clare Vanderpool / Gwendolyn Brooks / Marianne Malone / Arnie Bernstein / Harriet Monroe / Leon Forrest / Mark Eleveld / James Merriner / Arthur A. Levine / Dennis Byne / Governors Richard Ogilvie / Dennis Byrne / Deborah Blum / Rick Kogan / Paula Wiseman / Scott Turow / Mike Royko / Amara Enyia / James Tobin / Patricia Ann McNair / William G. Doty / Jonathan Eig / Craig Sautter / Marlene Targ Brill / Carl A. Gerstacker / Robert C. Herguth / Dan Walker / Gerry Souter / Robert Starks / Larry Haeg / Jane Smiley / Joseph Gustaitis / William Maxwell / Steven A. Riess / Theresa Amato / Vivian Maier / Robert Loerzel / Richard Cahan / John Hallwas / Kurt Vonnegut / Robert Coover / Davis Schneiderman / Amy Timberlake / Beverly Offen / Thomas Frisbie / /
Position
executive director / poet /critic / trustee / Author / editor / speaker / journalist / reporter and columnist / theater critic / arts columnist and reporter / Mayor / poet / essayist / President / current mayor / courageous writer / essayist / screenwriter / professor emeritus and chair / executive / Major / engineer and officer / literary critic / vice president and secretary / novelist / poet / Nazi Hunter / tomfrisbie@aol.com Copy editor / feature writer / Prince / writer / photographer / judge / Chairman of the Board / Poet / president of both organizations / /
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PublishedMedium
Chicago Daily News / Copper Canyon Press / New York Times / the Chicago Daily News / Booklist / the St. Louis Post-Dispatch / the Export and Import Journal / the Sun-Times / Chicago Tribune / Chicago Life / The Society / the Chicago Sun-Times / The Chicago Reader / /
RadioStation
WGN / /
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Midwest / Western Europe / Northeastern Illinois / western South Dakota / northern Illinois / /
April[removed]Biblio File Leslie Stella’s recent YA novel, Permanent Record, was was chosen as the teen title for the Suburban Mosaic