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Welcome to the website for One Book One Northwestern 2012-2013. This year’s book, Never a City so Real, by Alex Kotlowitz provides an introduction to the city, but less as a tour of the place and more a chronicle of its soul. Through a collection of vignettes about Chicago's diverse people and neighborhoods, the book gives readers a much richer understanding of the city. Never a City so Real provides insight into Chicago's rich history and culture, while also touching on a wide variety of challenging issues such as neighborhood integration, politics, urban poverty, immigration, and public housing. Most of all, it brings to life the diverse people and neighborhoods that make this city so great.

Read. Reflect. Engage.

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Jane Addams & The Gritty Side of Chicago

Wednesday, March 6, 12-1:30 p.m.
Women’s Center
2000 Sheridan Rd., Evanston

Louise Knight, author of Jane Addams Spirit in Action, will speak in collaboration with the Women’s Center to Celebrate Women’s History Month. Please bring a brown bag lunch. RSVP appreciated.
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Upcoming Event:

Book Group Discussion:
Big In Paris: Art, Democracy, and The Second City
March 7, 2013

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Please direct all questions to Nancy Cunniff at (847) 467-2294 or n-cunniff@northwestern.edu

Meet our Fellows


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Chelsea Glenn Tyr Wiesner-Hanks Daniel Moynihan

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Albert Song Corinne Chin Arianna Wise 

One Book Administration

Professor
Dan A. Lewis

Professor
Human Development/Social Policy
Director
Center for Civic Engagement 

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Robert Donahue

Associate Director
Center For Civic Engagement 

Nancy Cunniff
Nancy Cunniff

Project Coordinator
One Book One Northwestern 

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Jane Addams and the Gritty Side of Chi ...

March 6, 2013 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Themed Book Group - Big In Paris: Art, ...

March 7, 2013 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Chicago Reflections

April 6, 2013 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Neighborhood Language Tours

May 4, 2013 | 11:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Student Photo Exhibit on Chicago

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Never a City So Reel: Chicago Portrait ...

May 9, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes (With ...

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Stage Adaptation of Never a City so Re ...

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