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If Algren walked from his cottage to the west, it was usually on his way to Pignotti’s Store, at 720 North Lake Street, to buy a quart of Schlitz. A shack that sold everything from beer to bandages, it is now [Beach Box]. In a story that is now part of Chicago literary annuls, Algren was crossing the lagoon on his way to Pignotti’s one winter afternoon when he fell through the ice.
Little Gompers Park, Chicago, Nov 15, 2025
Val Kilmer portraying Billy the Kid
Quote from Toni Morrison, published in The Nation on March 23, 2015: "Their plan is simple: 1) Select a useful enemy — an "Other" — to convert rage into conflict, even war. 2) Limit or erase the imagination that art provides, as well as the critical thinking of scholars and journalists. 3) Distract with toys, dreams of loot, and themes of superior religion or defiant national pride that enshrine past hurts and humiliations."
Menu from Cafe Bohemia, Chicago, c.1970, c/o Culinary Institute of America (CIA)