Chicago winters were notorious. Below zero windchills could easily overcome the weak radiator heat of a studio apartment.

In the late eighties, publishing a college literary journal could be filled with late night stress.  David Golub was an editor for the Grey City Journal, and in those days, there were still a lot of manual aspects to newspaper production.

John Moschitta Jr. became famous for talking fast in a 1982 Federal Express commercial. His skill proved hard to imitate.