{"product_id":"newcptr","title":"New Chicago: An oratorio with or without music, by Patrick T. Reardon","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e is an incantatory tour through a gritty, mystical and biblical Chicago with side trips to the rest of America and the world. It is a fever-dream vision of pain and outrage, kindness and embrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eInspired by the libretto of George Frideric Handel’s \u003cem\u003eMessiah: An Oratorio\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e is an anthem of the unity of all people, suffering the same suffering, confused with the same confusions, each a sinner and a saint. “My soul among souls,\/an endless field of souls, lilies, arrayed in many colors…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e is the psalm chant, the gut howl, the trumpet blast of each “soul behind the skin.” It is “all manner of thing.” It is Brother Suffering “hugged to my chest because what else?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003ePatrick T. Reardon, a \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e reporter from 1976 to 2009, is the author of seven poetry collections. His latest, \u003cem\u003eEvery Marred Thing: A Time in America\u003c\/em\u003e, was the winner of the 2024 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize. He is a six-time nominee in poetry for a Pushcart Prize. His poem “Mud” was one of the winners of the 2026 Lost Penny Press Broadside Competition. Reardon’s poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRHINO\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLong Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlue Unicorn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter Hours\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAutumn Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBurningword Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and other journals. His website: patricktreardon.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick T. Reardon","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":51309041287483,"sku":"NEWCPTR","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":51309041320251,"sku":"NEWCPTRe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/chicago_cover.png?v=1780419964","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/newcptr","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}