Illinois Issues

Illinois Issues
A publicaition of the University of Illinois at Springfield
December 1997 Volume XXIII, No. 12


Political novels,page 26	Art in schools, page 30	Jess McDonald, page 34

FEATURES

12 & 24 Photo essay by Linda Classen Anderson
Portrait of Illinois in the Illinois State Library.

14 Good books in bad times by Richard Shereikis
The future for real books is in places like Champaign Carbondale and DeKalb.

21 Miniature presses by Linda Classen Anderson
The Illinois State Historical Library's tiny tomes.

26 Stop the presses by Donald Sevener
If you want to understand politics, put down the newspaper and pick up a novel.

30 Refrigerator art? by Jennifer Davis
Art teachers are fighting the perception that what they do is a frill.

34 Q &A: Jess McDonald by Jennifer Davis

DEPARTMENTS

3 A Conversation With Our Readers
by Ed Wojcicki

4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long

6 State of the State
by Jennifer Davis Teaching the arts

8 Briefly
by Donald Sevener

38 People
by Jennifer Davis

41 A View From Chicago
by James Ylisela Jr. Ethics Daley-style

42 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
The veto session

Credits: The artwork on our cover is by Richard Pociask of Flossmoor. "Edge of Town," mixed media on paper completed in 1989, can be viewed in the Illinois State Library, Springfield. It comes to us courtesy of the Illinois Capital Development Board.