Bill Savage is associate professor of instruction in the English Department at Northwestern University, where he teaches the course тАЬThe Chicago WayтАЭ: Urban Spaces and American Values.┬аHe researches and writes about how Americans construct identity in a dynamic interplay between groups and individuals in a variety of city spaces and places, from parks and beaches to factory floors and saloons.┬аHe has coedited two critical editions of works by Chicago writer Nelson Algren, the fiftieth┬аanniversary critical edition of The Man with the Golden Arm, and the annotated Chicago: City on the Make.