November/December 2000

Editor's Note

The Chicago School

About Saul Bellow
Bellow's biographer, James Atlas, talks about the successes and trials of the Nobel Prize-winner's life with Chairman William R. Ferris.

Writing Chicago
From Upton Sinclair to Richard Wright, Chicago has produced writers whose work reflects the spirit of the city.

Paving the Road to War
Franklin D. Roosevelt had his work cut out for him when he spoke to persuade Midwestern isolationists. By David M. Kennedy