Patrick T. Reardon

Patrick T. Reardon, a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, is the author of nine books, including the history The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago; the poetry collection Requiem for David; and Faith Stripped to Its Essence, a literary-religious analysis of Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence. His poetry has appeared in Burningwood Literary Journal, Eclectica, Esthetic Apostle, Ground Fresh Thursday, Literary Orphans, Rhino, Spank the Carp, Main Street Rag, The Write Launch, Hey I’m Alive, Meat for Tea, Silver Birch Press, Tipton Poetry Journal, UCity Review and Under a Warm Green Linden. Reardon, who worked as a Chicago Tribune reporter for 32 years, has published essays and book reviews widely in such publications as the Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, National Catholic Reporter and U.S. Catholic. Forthcoming in 2021 are two more of his poetry books: Puddin: The Autobiography of a Baby, a Memoir in Prose Poems to be published by Third World Press, and Darkness on the Face of the Deep from Kelsay Books. His Pump Don’t Work blog can be found at http://www.patricktreardon.com/blog/.