“Chicago is a city of literature and a city of music. Writers have loved the city's grit and moxie; its rawhide style of urban survival,” she said. “Some younger musical traditions, coming up from alloy cultures in southern states, did not develop fully until they came to know play a role in the life of this city. The people who make this city great are tough customers, even when beat. Our kind of hustling, forward-looking energy have focused the arts-have sharpened their blades. Chicago is a Jazz town, a Gospel town, and the Home of the Blues.”