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Stuart Dybek

Polish-Americanb. April 10, 1942Literary Fiction

Stuart Dybek is a Chicago fiction writer whose The Coast of Chicago is a lyrical, elegiac portrait of Polish-American neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side, widely considered one of the finest short story collections of the late twentieth century.

Works

  • Childhood and Other NeighborhoodsComing-of-age collection set in working-class Chicago neighborhoods→
  • The Coast of ChicagoInterconnected tales of erotic longing and loss in urban Chicago landscape→
  • I Sailed with MagellanInterconnected stories exploring memory, immigration, and nostalgia in Chicago setting→
  • Paper LanternPoetic stories exploring memory, desire, and immigration in Japanese-American community→
  • Ecstatic CahootsEcstatic collection of stories celebrating intoxicated joy and human connection→

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