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"Little Altar Boy" by John Guzlowski is a detective novel that delves into family trauma and dark territory, set in 1967 Chicago. The story follows detective team Marvin Bondarowicz and Hank Purcell as they investigate the murder of Sister Mary Philomena and the disappearance of Hank's daughter. The novel explores themes of betrayal, innocence, and the failure of systems meant to protect the vulnerable, shedding light on the legacy of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. [Extracted from the article]

In 2022, the City of Hamtramck celebrates its centennial. On January 1 of that year, it also inaugurated a Yemeni immigrant as its first mayor who is not of Polish descent, as well as a completely Muslim city council, including a Polish American convert to Islam. Written by the last Polish mayor in that nearly hundred-year succession, this article combines history and personal experience while looking at the Polish dominance of local politics beginning with the ethnically charged decision to incorporate, continuing through the decades of Polish rule in relation to other ethnic and racial groups in the city, and chronicling the gradual unraveling of that power. While Hamtramck's experience is not unlike that of other former Polonian strongholds, it is also unique in its longevity and the symbolic significance it has come to embody through its very public demographic and political trajectory. This overview of the competition for elected office in Hamtramck provides a lens through which to view the ongoing transition of the city's civic identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]