Chicago whose motto is City in a Garden is currently at the forefront of a global movement to end the division between town and country. In" Chicago s Urban Nature," Sally A. Kitt Chappell provides a beautifully illustrated guide to the city s stunning blend of nature and architecture.
At the heart of this new urban concept is the idea of connection, bringing buildings and landscapes, culture and nature, commerce and leisure into an energetic harmony. With "Chicago s Urban Nature" in hand, you ll see those connections woven through the fabric of the city. Chappell provides new insights...

In these poems Sally A. Kitt Chappell portrays a world where nature, the city and the self meet in astonishing and revealing juxtapositions. Adept in both contemporaryand traditional forms of poetry, her range is global. There is a rubai for a middle-eastern architect, a katauta for an ancient Japanese emperor and a pantoum for a columbine. Alongside are free verses celebrating tall grasss prairies, sonnets of luscious eroticism, and political riffs in current street rap. Underlying every poem is a sensibility which celebrates life while affirming its transcience.