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Essay: Printers Row – A Celebration of Community

Articles, Chicago History, Essays, The Loop --- bookSeptember 12, 202316Views 0Likes 0Comments

Near the end of last Saturday at this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest, an 80-year-old Italian painter from the North Shore told me she’s going to have a huge party if she’s able — as she hopes — to sell one of her paintings in Venice in the next couple weeks. And she’s going to…

Join Pat Reardon and Julia Keller for a discussion of Pat’s new book on Chicago’s elevated Loop — Thursday, November 19

The Loop --- bookOctober 15, 2020182Views 0Likes 0Comments

Publication of my new book The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago is set for Thanksgiving Day. But you can get an early glimpse of what the book has to say by joining an online event, hosted by City Lit Bookstore, on Thursday, November 19, at 6:30 pm. CST. Pulitzer Prize winner…

How to pre-order “The Loop” at local bookstores

The Loop --- bookOctober 2, 2020170Views 0Likes 0Comments

Publication of my new book The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago is set for Thanksgiving Day. If you’d like to preorder the book, you can do so through many independent bookstores. Here are a few: City Lit, where I will be doing a virtual event on December 3 --- https://www.citylitbooks.com/book/9780809338108 Women…

“The Loop” on the radio

Chicago History, The Loop --- bookJuly 22, 2020257Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first interview about my upcoming book — The Loop: The “L” Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago (SIU Press, November) — will be Sunday at 1:15 pm with Playtime book show hosts Bill Turck and Kerri Kendall. You can tune in online on Facebook at WCGOradio and streaming at WCGO.com. Also, it can be heard…