This new monograph explores the literature of this pivotal period and some of it's most influential works and authors, from Theodore Dreiser in the late 1800's to Richard Wright through the mid 1900's.

"This collection of essays on the Chicago Renaissance has something for just about everybody; it extends the scope of the literary and cultural period from Theodore Dreiser and Richard Wright all the way to Colson Whitehead and Barack Obama." Jerome Loving, Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University.