Architecture, Beyond, Chicago history, Chicago history, Children's books, Comics and Graphic Novels, Fiction, Lit, Nonfiction, Poetry

Essay: In Defense of “Unregulated” Little Free Libraries

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) thinks the little free libraries along many Chicago sidewalks are bad—very bad. They are “unregulated”! And they’re “popular”! And many of them are planted in city soil! (Collective […]

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Lit, Poetry

Review: Singing the Song of Us—The Lost Tribes, by Patrick T. Reardon

Reviewed by Michael Leach Patrick Reardon’s epic poem The Lost Tribes is a cri du coeur as thrilling for our time as Alan Ginsberg’s Howl was for his. It celebrates […]

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Lit, Poetry, Reviews

Review: Poetry Collection Darkness on the Face of the Deep Takes Risks with Emotional Depths

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Darkness on the Face of the Deep by Patrick T. Reardon Kelsay Books Review by Renny Golden In Darkness on the Face of the Deep, Third Coast Review writer Patrick […]

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Lit, Nonfiction

Review: The Loop: The ‘L’ Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago, by Patrick T. Reardon

The Loop: The ‘L’ Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago by Patrick T. Reardon Southern Illinois University Press Reviewed by Mary Wisniewski  There are lovelier and more prestigious symbols of […]

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Events, Interviews, Lit, Live lit events, Nonfiction

Interview: Third Coast Review Writer Patrick T. Reardon Keeps Us in the Loop with New Book

Patrick T. Reardon, a regular contributor to Third Coast Review, recently released his new book, The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago (SIU Press). More than a […]

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Essays, Lit, Reviews

Essay/Book Review: Founding American Towns on Paper, Cities of the American West, Part 2

Cities of the American West: A History of Frontier Urban Planning By John W. Reps Princeton University Press, 827 pages, out of print, available on the internet starting at $40 […]

Patrick T. Reardon /
Essays, Lit, Reviews

Essay/Book Review: The Vast Chicago Street Grid, Cities of the American West, Part 1

Cities of the American West A History of Frontier Urban Planning By John W. Reps Princeton University Press, 827 pages, available on the internet starting at $40 Part One of […]

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Architecture, Beyond, Chicago history, Design, Lit, Reviews

Review: Deep South Side, Lee Bey’s Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

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Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side By Lee BeyNorthwestern University Press, 192 pages, $30 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon When Lee Bey writes about Pride Cleaners, he […]

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Lit, Poetry

Book Review: Take Me to the Rivers—Renny Golden’s The Music of Her Rivers: Poems

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The Music of Her Rivers: Poems By Renny Golden University of New Mexico Press, 87 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by Patrick T. Reardon The Pueblo boy with “thick hair…the color of […]

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