Bum Town

Bum Town is Tony Fitzpatrick's allegorical tale of a journey through Chicago with the ghost of his father--revisiting the places that have changed, remembering the uncle who died as a boy trying to hop a freight during the Great Depressions, praising and dispraising a city of dreams and despair.

"Tony Fitzpatrick's poem is as deeply moving a tribute to a father as I've read in a long time." --Studs Terkel

"Tony Fitzpatrick writes poetry like he does everything else--for keeps." --Steve Earle

"His relationship with his world--which is the past, present, and, indeed, the future Chicago--remains passionately and disturbingly real." --Chicago Tribune Magazine