Edward McClelland

Chicago, Illinois

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Editor at Chicago Magazine

312 editor, @chicagomag. Author of Chorus of the Union. Father of Lark, Birch and Rose. [email protected]

Articles

New Outfit, New You

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland

June Brownell sweeps aside the curtain of the dressing room at New to You, a Rogers Park thrift shop, and steps out wearing a flowered skirt, a green top, and a sun hat. It isn’t just a new outfit for Brownell; it was a new identity. Brownell is beginning the process of transitioning from male to female, and this is her first foray into dressing like a woman.
Chicago’s ’90s Poetry Scene Shaped Illinois’ Laureate

2 weeks ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland |Sarah Steimer

Mark Turcotte, the newly named poet laureate of Illinois, arrived in Chicago by accident. In 1992, Turcotte’s estranged father died in North Dakota. Father and son hadn’t had a relationship since Turcotte was a child.
Can You Get More Progressive Than Pilsen?

3 weeks ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland |Byron Sigcho-Lopez

Pilsen Community Books wears its politics in the front window. “Abolish ICE,” declares a flier taped to the glass. “From Palestine to Mexico All Walls Have Got to Go,” declares another. Inside the store, which is employee owned, the stacks are labeled with the headings like Marxism/Socialism, Anarchism, and Historical Materialism. Want to read American history?
Can You Get More Progressive Than Pilsen?

3 weeks ago | l8r.it | Edward McClelland |Byron Sigcho-Lopez

Pilsen Community Books wears its politics in the front window. “Abolish ICE,” declares a flier taped to the glass. “From Palestine to Mexico All Walls Have Got to Go,” declares another. Inside the store, which is employee owned, the stacks are labeled with the headings like Marxism/Socialism, Anarchism, and Historical Materialism. Want to read American history?
The TikTok Candidate

1 month ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland

One morning in late April, I brunched with Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old left-wing internet influencer who’s running for Jan Schakowsky’s seat in Congress. Kat ate dry toast with tea, but I ordered a bagel with lox and Abughazaleh’s campaign manager, Sam Weinberg, dug into a pile of potatoes and eggs. “Look at y’all,” Abughazaleh said. “Getting real food.”Abughazaleh’s not from these parts.
The TikTok Candidate

1 month ago | l8r.it | Edward McClelland

One morning in late April, I brunched with Kat Abughazaleh, the 26-year-old left-wing internet influencer who’s running for Jan Schakowsky’s seat in Congress. Kat ate dry toast with tea, but I ordered a bagel with lox and Abughazaleh’s campaign manager, Sam Weinberg, dug into a pile of potatoes and eggs. “Look at y’all,” Abughazaleh said. “Getting real food.”Abughazaleh’s not from these parts.
Is a Pritzker Endorsement Enough?

1 month ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland

Juliana Stratton is first out of the gate in the race to succeed Dick Durbin as U.S. senator. She was first to announce, and she already has two of the three biggest endorsements, from Governor JB Pritzker and Senator Tammy Duckworth. Only a nod from Durbin himself would carry more weight. Still, I don’t think she’s going to win. Why not? Because she’s the lieutenant governor, and that job is a graveyard for political ambitions.
How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation

1 month ago | strategypage.com | Edward McClelland

by Edward Robert McClellandNew York: Pegasus Books, 2024. Pp. 352. Illus, otes, Biblio., index. $32.00. ISBN: 1639366377Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, Joining to Save the UnionMcClelland, who has written extensively on American politics and cultural and social history, explores the relationship between these two giants of mid-nineteenth century American politics and how they put aside their differences in order to preserve the Union.
Hey, Indiana: Hands Off Our People and Bears

2 months ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland

Indiana has an inferiority complex. And for good reason. Fitting for a state known for doing things second best, its main claim to fame is that it’s been home to the second-most vice presidents (six, behind New York’s 11). It has a sort of big city, whose nickname is India-no-place, but the rest of the state is composed of small towns with little opportunity.
Hey, Indiana: Hands Off Our People and Bears

2 months ago | l8r.it | Edward McClelland

Indiana has an inferiority complex. And for good reason. Fitting for a state known for doing things second best, its main claim to fame is that it’s been home to the second-most vice presidents (six, behind New York’s 11). It has a sort of big city, whose nickname is India-no-place, but the rest of the state is composed of small towns with little opportunity.

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