Andrew Patner

Andrew Patner
Born (1959-12-17)December 17, 1959
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died February 3, 2015(2015-02-03)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater Kenwood Academy
University of Wisconsin-Madison(B.A.)
University of Chicago Law School
Occupation Journalist, broadcaster, Arts critic, author, interviewer
Partner(s) Tom Bachtell

Andrew Patner (December 17, 1959 – February 3, 2015) was an American Chicago-based journalist, broadcaster, critic, and interviewer. From 1998 until his death in 2015 he served as critic-at-Large for WFMT radio, which broadcast his wide-ranging weekly interview and commentary program, "Critical Thinking".

Previously, Patner had worked as an arts critic for WBEZ and as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. His book, I.F. Stone: a portrait, about the iconoclastic journalist I.F. Stone was published in 1988.[1] Patner was born in Chicago and attended Kenwood Academy, the College of the University of Chicago, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, the Chicago Maroon,[2] the University of Chicago Law School, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he graduated with a B.A. in history.[3] In 1993, he became the first regular writer for a mainstream Chicago newspaper to write about being gay.[4] His partner of 25 years, Tom Bachtell, is an acclaimed illustrator for The New Yorker magazine.[5]

He was also a regular contributor of arts journalism to the Chicago Sun-Times from 1991 until his death.[6]

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