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THE BSB MISSION
The goal of Big Shoulders Books is to disseminate, free of charge, quality works of writing by and about Chicagoans whose voices might not otherwise be shared. Each year Big Shoulders Books aims to make small but meaningful contributions to discussions of injustice and inequality in Chicago, a practice helped in large part by DePaul University students. Our publishing courses give both English graduate and undergraduate students a chance to gain invaluable hands-on publishing experience, editing texts through a directed sequence of publishing classes as well as electives.
BIG NEWS
AMERICAN GUN: A POEM BY 100 CHICAGOANS
Our latest title is now available!
When politics fails us, poetry tells us we are not alone in our outrage and hope. 100 Chicago poets came together to create a communal poem which addresses gun violence in Chicago and across America.
Print and digital copies of American Gun can be ordered here.