How does someone become a writer? WORDS WORK is both an anthology and an autobiography that traces the development of an award-winning author from her days as a high school journalist through a period of academic scholarship to her retirement days as an essayist and poet. The story of how Sally A. Kitt Chappell met the challenges along the way is illustrated by excerpts from her books, articles originally published in THE NEW YORK TIMES, and some early poems. Included are selections from ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING OF GRAHAM, ANDERSON, PROBST AND WHITE, (winner of the Association of American Publishers award for best book on architecture and urban planning of 1992), CAHOKIA: MIRROR OF THE COSMOS, CHICAGO'S URBAN NATURE: A Guide to the City's Landscape and Architecture, and BARRY BYRNE: ARCHITECTURE AND WRITINGS. Together here for the first time are five complete travel essays, "Rome Alfresco: Picnicking on the Seven Hills," "A Landscape Where Humor Is an Oasis," "On Being a Magnet to Hustlers," "Yes, Lauren, There Are Nice New Yorkers," and "Lament on the Streets of New Orleans." Sally A. Kitt Chappell's recent poetry collection, SHARDS: Selected Poems, was published in 2011. For more information visit www.sallychappell.com.