Jones, Dennis

Mary Jones (Winter 1991)

Even without considering August 21st, the date of her death, Mary had a rough 1991.

Willie Mae, by Elizabeth Kytle (Fall 1992)

Willie Mae is a first-person biography which was first published by Alfred Knopf in 1958. And according to the blurb on the back of the EPM paperback, “it was listed by the New York Times as one of the best books of the year, and was widely reviewed as ‘a sweet book, a strong book, a laughing book, and sometimes a heartbreaking and infuriating book, but never a whining book.’” That truly wraps up the flavor of Willie Mae.

Tribute to George Costas (Christmas 2006)

In mid-October an old friend of mine, George Costas, died of apparent heart attack. He would have been 76 in December and lived in semi-exile in Beloit, Wisconsin, too many miles from his beloved Chicago.