Chicago literature is writing, primarily by writers born or living in Chicago, that reflects the culture of the city.
State Street around the turn of the 20th century, the period of one of the major waves of Chicago literature.
The first issue of Chicago-based Poetry magazine appeared in 1912.
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.
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