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$144 a Month: Life in the Safety Net<\/em><\/h2>\n

by Steve Bogira<\/h3>\n

with photographs by Mike Tappin<\/h3>\n

$144 a Month<\/i>\u2014written in 1983, and first published in the Chicago Reader<\/i>\u2014is the story of people living, or trying to live, on General Assistance, a now-discontinued Illinois program that was the last resort of those who did not qualify for other more \u2018generous\u2019 forms of welfare. Each person developed a personal strategy to circumvent the system and get by on the state allotment of $144 a month. Many turned to Marillac House, a settlement house on the West Side of Chicago, for emergency food and clothing. Author Bogira does a remarkable job of getting his subjects to tell their own stories. The book also contains four portraits by photographer Mike Tappin. The pictures reinforce the sense of dignity felt in the subjects\u2019 words.<\/p>\n

Selected as one of 48 books exhibited in \u2018Dressing the Text\u2019 at the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County. Also selected as one of 44 books exhibited in the book design section of Felice Feliciano in Verona, Italy.<\/p>\n

The book was designed by Bob McCamant, hand set in Century Expanded by Martha Chiplis and printed on Johannot by Martha Chiplis. The photographs were printed in duotone lithography by Rohner Printing of Chicago. Trisha Hammer’s non-adhesive binding uses paper by Timothy Barrett. 24 pages, 12 1\/2 x 9 1\/4 inches. Published in 1993.<\/p>\n

For any copies purchased directly from the publisher, a donation of $100 will be made to Marillac House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the colophon:<\/p>\n

\u2026 edition limited to 200. The photographs were printed in duotone lithography by Rohner Printing of Chicago. The body type is Century Expanded cast by M & H of San Francisco. Drop caps are foundry Egyptian Bold Condensed of unknown provenance. The title page was set on the Macintosh in Egyptian Bold Condensed from Alphabets, Inc. and Adobe Century Schoolbook, and printed from photopolymer plates. The paper is Johannot. The book was designed by Robert McCamant, handset and printed by Martha Chiplis, and bound by Trisha Hammer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Copies are numbered but not signed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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