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This distinctive collection features writings from Grant Pick's long, distinguished career in literary journalism. Most of his stories focus on interesting but overlooked Chicagoans, like the struggling owner of a Laundromat on the West Side or the successful doctor who, as he faced his own death, strove to enlighten his colleagues in the field of medicine. As only a lifetime Chicagoan could, he described in tender detail the worlds in which people lived or worked, providing a look not just at one city's citizens but at humanity as a whole. Grant Pick (1947-2005) was a freelance writer whose work appeared most frequently in the """"Chicago Reader"""". He also wrote for the """"Chicago Tribune Magazine"""", the """"Chicago Sun-Times"""", """"Crain's Chicago Business"""", and """"Catalyst"""" until his sudden death.

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Reading Pick's articles is like conversing with a gossipy neighbor who is refreshingly nonjudgmental. . . . People Are the News makes a great crash course in Chicago's subcultures and recent history, and its residents' heritage of tenacity. -- Time Out Chicago

<br> [Pick's] reporting was fed by innate curiosity and a no-holds barred writing style. -- Chicago Sun-Times

Reading Pick's articles is like conversing with a gossipy neighbor who is refreshingly nonjudgmental. . . . People Are the News makes a great crash course in Chicago's subcultures and recent history, and its residents' heritage of tenacity. Time Out Chicago [Pick's] reporting was fed by innate curiosity and a no-holds barred writing style. -- Chicago Sun-Times [Pick's] reporting was fed by innate curiosity and a no-holds barred writing style. -- Chicago Sun-Times [Pick's] reporting was fed by innate curiosity and a no-holds barred writing style. -- Chicago Sun-Times

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John Pick is Grant Pick's son and an actor and teacher living in Los Angeles.

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