“I respect Tom a lot, but you know the Newberry is across from Bughouse Square, home of the great Chicago tradition of arguing, so, I hope we don’t agree too much," Steinberg said. In one corner, hailing from the leafy suburban paradise of Northbrook, is Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg, a longtime hate mail-generating lightning rod and author of a beautifully written memoir, “You Were Never In Chicago,” that melds his personal Chicago adventures and defining moments in our city’s history. GOLD COAST - I never thought I’d be the guy suggesting “debate night” at the Newberry Library as a hot night on the town.īut Tuesday’s showdown between authors Neil Steinberg and Thomas Dyja - who both wrote books about Chicago - could turn an otherwise academic discussion about Chicago's place as the "Second City" in American History into a thrilling war of words.
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