Books: Sandburg Is Chicago

And, by Implication, Chicago Is America

To discover the focal point of literary life in Chicago, that literary center of the middle-west, some say, indeed, of America, is a difficult task. Perhaps it is at the White Paper Club, where one finds genial Emerson Hough, active, white-haired, forward-looking rather than given to reminiscing, planning a fishing trip with enthusiasm! There is the office of Poetry, where sits the discoverer of many renowned American poets, Harriet Munroe, and where one may occasionally encounter Henry B. Fuller, one of the quietest and...

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