James Krohe Jr

In more than forty years as a magazine journalist, essayist, and critic, James Krohe Jr. has explored the history, politics, and culture of his native Illinois. His work has been published in more than fifty magazines and newspapers, including Illinois Issues and the Chicago Reader, and he is a longtime contributor to Springfield's Illinois Times. He has written two popular monographs published by the Sangamon County Historical Society and edited the society's anthology, A Springfield Reader,...See more

In more than forty years as a magazine journalist, essayist, and critic, James Krohe Jr. has explored the history, politics, and culture of his native Illinois. His work has been published in more than fifty magazines and newspapers, including Illinois Issues and the Chicago Reader, and he is a longtime contributor to Springfield's Illinois Times. He has written two popular monographs published by the Sangamon County Historical Society and edited the society's anthology, A Springfield Reader, which in 1977 received the Illinois State Historical Society's Award of Merit. He also is a cowinner of the Chicago Headline Club's 1985 Peter Lisagor Award for reporting, that year's award for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Publications Editors, and the Illinois Press Association's Best Column award in 1994. He lives and works in the Chicago area. See less