Dave Hoekstra

Dave Hoekstra is a Chicago author-journalist. From 1985 through 2014, he was a columnist-critic at the Chicago Sun-Times , where he won the 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. He has contributed pieces to Chicago Magazine , the Chicago Reader , New City , and Raw Vision. He has written several books, including The Supper Club Book (A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition) , The People's Place (Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from The Civil Rights Era to Today) , and The Camper Book ...See more

Dave Hoekstra is a Chicago author-journalist. From 1985 through 2014, he was a columnist-critic at the Chicago Sun-Times , where he won the 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. He has contributed pieces to Chicago Magazine , the Chicago Reader , New City , and Raw Vision. He has written several books, including The Supper Club Book (A Celebration of a Midwest Tradition) , The People's Place (Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from The Civil Rights Era to Today) , and The Camper Book (Celebration of a Moveable American Dream) . Dave wrote and co-produced the WTTW-Channel 11 PBS special, "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement," nominated for a 2001-02 Chicago Emmy for Outstanding Achievement for a Documentary Program--Cultural Significance. He also wrote and co-produced the award-winning 2018 full-length documentary and companion book The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit and Sounds of Springfield, Missouri) . See less