Ivan R. Dee

Library Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

Ivan R. Dee

1332 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60622

www.ivanrdee.com

Douglas Bukowski's Pictures Of Home: A Memoir Of Family And City (156663-5918, $26.00) began when Douglas Bukowski discovered photos of his family, stored in a bedroom closet and showing how a Chicago immigrant family fought to keep out the descendants of slaves. Bukowski was already an accomplished writer, so it was natural his probe into his family and Chicago's history would result in a memoir of Chicago and his own background, spiced by family experience and told in a moving first-person account. Richard Schickel's Woody Allen: A Life In Film (1566636027, $14.95) will delight any prior fan of actor/producer Woody Allen. Richard Schickel is himself a distinguished film critic who has written biographies of other major film figures: his coverage Woody Allen: A Life In Film offers a critical perspective on the notable filmmaker/actor.