Rick Kogan: “Puddin’ is as beautiful, moving and stunning a book as I can remember reading, and it’s unique.”
During his weekly radio show on WGN on Sunday, January 22, Chicago journalism legend Rick Kogan had high praise for Patrick T. Reardon’s Puddin’: The Autobiography of a Baby, a [...]
Signing (and selling) books on Sunday morning at the Printers Row Lit Fest
I nabbed the coveted 10 am-noon slot on Sunday, June 11, at the Printers Row Lit Fest in the South Loop, and I'll be signing and selling copies of the Pulitzer [...]
Marina Abramovic’s page at artsy.net
I'm a fan of Marina Abramovic's performance art. I wrote about it three years ago in a review of "The Lovers" which was the catalogue for the work that she [...]
What I Learned from Bill O’Reilly and His Book about Lincoln
This story appeared in the Dec. 28, 2011 issue of Streetwise magazine. If you've ever watched a panel discussion at a convention workshop or in a museum or university setting, [...]
Thinking the thinkable
Recently, I sat down and wrote out a plan for my funeral service. A couple days later, I wrote about it in the Chicago Tribune. You can find it here: [...]
Hallowed ground
Which is this nation's most hallowed ground? The phrase has been used to describe the Gettysburg battlefield, Arlington National Cemetery and Ground Zero. I write about this question in an [...]