Dybek adeptly captures the mood of the city, especially at night and in the winters. These stories are SO good, incredibly evocative of time and place. We’d love your help. Have no fear...I'll continue to name my pets. His poetic tone and detail capture Chicago in a unique way, often reminding the reader of what the city used to be. "The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's classic story collection. A two and a half star review would have been appropriate for this book, I decided to round up instead of rounding down. It involves memories, beauty, urban myths, cross-race romance that brings shame and wonder, music, weed, wandering, the ordinary overlaid with magic. If you've been to Chicago, you know there's something for everyone there. The rain falls from the height of streetlights. Just as a writer I found the quality of his prose alone making my little heart beat faster, these stories are breathtaking. Dybek adeptly captures the mood of the city, especially at night and in the winters. Underground by default by defiant and brilliant, brash but not at their mother's table. Really good stuff. Joel Mowdy discusses his debut story collection, FLOYD HARBOR. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. Performance & security by Cloudflare, Please complete the security check to access. “Our plans for the future made us laugh and feel close, but those same plans somehow made anything more than temporary between us seem impossible. Hey, lights!" But these are also stories of a working class kid growing up in a fucked up but well-loved Catholic, half Polish half Mexican neighbourhood. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar … mainly, I was failing penmanship. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar voices with grand leaps of imagination, The Coast of Chicago is a masterpiece from one of America's most highly regarded writers. Many references are made in The Coast of Chicago to the Catholic Church and its neighborhood presence. by Dybek, Stuart. Recommend for any Chicago dweller - native or new! I finally read this one. In the ice with that woman. I’ve experienced that rare pleasure of hearing Stuart Dybek read his work—in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he is a sometime adjunct professor at Western Michigan University, and so sometimes, not at all often, has read to a large and hungry Kalamazoo audience, myself among them. A night shaped like a shadow thrown by your absence. “Nighthawks” was my favorite with “Pet Milk” a close second. Dybek beautifully describes the lonliness and sadness of the back alleys of a working class neighborhood. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. 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