Book review: “Road Dogs” by Elmore Leonard
The novels that Elmore Leonard published in the final decade of his life were often all but plotless. That’s not to say that things didn’t happen, but there was a [...]
Book review: “Logan’s Run” by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
Logan’s Run, published in 1967 by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson is a clever science-fiction novel about a world that has been twisted out of shape by the [...]
Poem: “Wait”
Wait By Patrick T. Reardon I wait for the stone to pass, for the heel to heal, for the tick to tock. I wait out the clock. [...]
Poem: “City hymn”
City hymn By Patrick T. Reardon Hymn the sewer line. Hymn the rhythm. Hymn mown grass, dawn-sun broken glass, ash tray brass, my scar, the rusted-nail fall. [...]
Poem: Brick wall scripture
Brick wall scripture By Patrick T. Reardon Read the brick wall scripture. Fingertip the prophecy braille. Shakespeare wrote a Bible of plays. Macbeth’s sin (3 Samuel). [...]
Book review: “Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign” by Michael K. Honey
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign tackles an important subject in American history — the strike by Memphis sanitation workers in early 1967, the [...]
Poem: “It’ll get you there”
It’ll get you there By Patrick T. Reardon Follow 12 steps. Chew sugarless gum. Show up for counsel. Lines to stay within Enjoy breathing. Enjoy [...]
Book review: “On the Road with the Archangel” by Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner’s 1997 novel On the Road with the Archangel is a wry, tender and knowing look at humans being humans. Which is to say, at the quirkiness at the [...]
Book review: “Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison’s 1977 novel Song of Solomon is one of those great works of literature that demands re-reading. Once through isn’t enough. There is just too much going [...]
Book review: “All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860” by Sidney Blumenthal
“Long John” Wentworth, Chicago’s 6 foot-6-inch mayor, wanted to be Abraham Lincoln’s political boss. But Lincoln wasn’t biting. In late April, 1860, the Illinois Republican wrote to a political [...]
