Conrad, James. Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago (New York: St. Martins, c2000) 436 p.

Rose Gluck is a librarian at the University of Chicago. She is "known as 'quiet', 'reserved', even 'mousy'" (p. 180). Yet she is an ardent socialist who risks her career for her cause. One of her most difficult jobs at the library is balancing the ever-rising serials budget.