October 1st Book Launch
Clout City by Dominic Pacyga
Join us at 
Marz Brewery in Bridgeport for the launch of Clout City: The Rise and Fall of the Chicago Political Machine.
Award winning historian Dominic A. Pacyga will be at the brewery on October 1st at 7pm.
In Clout City, award-winning historian Dominic A. Pacyga reveals how cultural, ethnic, and religious forces created this
distinctive system—and ultimately led to its collapse. Tracing clout’s origins in the Irish Catholic–dominated
working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport, shaped by De La Salle Institute and home to the legendary Daley family,
Pacyga shows how communal ties can be a force for good and also the deepest wellspring of corruption.
We'll see you there!
Banned Books Club October 7th 6:30 pm
From the original, uncensored journals of Anaïs Nin, Henry and June spans a single year in Nin's life when she discovers
love and torment in one insatiable couple. From later 1931 to the end of 1932, Nin falls in love with Henry Miller's writing and his wife June's striking beauty. When June leaves Paris for New York, Henry and Anaïs begin a fiery affair that liberates her sexually and morally, but also undermines her marriage and eventually leads to her psychoanalysis. As she grapples with her own conscience, a single question dominates her thoughts: What will happen when June returns to Paris? An intimate story of one woman's sexual awakening, Henry and June exposes the pain and pleasure of a single person trapped between two loves.
While not a widespread ban, the book did face challenges from some who considered it obscene or indecent.
These challenges sometimes involved legal battles and questions about its distribution and sale.