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Pat Johnson

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Pat Johnson is currently working on his master’s in Fiction Writing at San Francisco State University, and is the owner and editor of the satirical news website The New Porker. When Pat’s not reading or writing he’s likely squeezing a lime into a Tecate and headed to the dance floor. He also creates short films, documentaries, and sketch comedies. Pat is completing his first novel, The Virgin and Marilyn Monroe, and writing a book of Creative Non-Fiction short stories.
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Green Eggs and Maakies Hits Shelves

  • Pat Johnson
  • July 26, 2013
Tony Millionaire’s book Green Eggs and Maakies is out! Millionaire’s illustrations have appeared in everything from The Believer to the New Yorker, and Maakies even had a small stint on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. For…
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The Missouri Review Showing us Love!

  • Pat Johnson
  • July 2, 2013
The Missouri Review recently posted a quote on their Tumblr from our essay, “David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Cynicism Of Mark Edmundson, Or Poetry Is Still Not Dead:” I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I…
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Vintage Photos of First Pride Parades

  • Pat Johnson
  • June 28, 2013
Maria Popova showcases some classic photos of the first Pride parades around the world. Head over to Brain Pickings and give them a gander!
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Strolling the Streets of Paris

  • Pat Johnson
  • June 24, 2013
Stroll the streets of Paris with the New Yorker’s Henri Cole in his essay “Street of the Iron Po(e)t.” Cole’s essays often read like poetic journal entries as he discusses…
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New York through Jack Kerouac’s Eyes

  • Pat Johnson
  • June 17, 2013
Maria Popova from Brain Pickings takes a look at a chapter titled “New York Scenes” from Kerouac’s 1960 book, Lonesome Traveler. According to Popova, the chapter is “a kind of narrative emotional…
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Neil Gaiman Prepares for Six-Month “Sabbatical” from Social Media

  • Pat Johnson
  • June 14, 2013
Don’t be alarmed come January 2014 when Neil Gaiman suddenly stops updating his blog, Twitter, and Facebook page. Gaiman simply needs a vacation from the pervasive and demanding nature of…
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Henry Miller’s Disgust for Brooklyn

  • Pat Johnson
  • May 13, 2013
Henry Miller hated Brooklyn almost as passionately as he loved Big Sur and dirty sex. In “Henry Miller, Brooklyn Hater,” Alexander Nazaryan takes a look at Miller’s lifelong contempt for the borough.…
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Fourteen Hills Release Party!

  • Pat Johnson
  • May 10, 2013
Fourteen Hills is one of our favorite Bay Area literary journals, and you won’t want to miss their release party for issue 19.2 at 7:00 pm on May 15th, at the…
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Claire Messud on making friends with Characters

  • Pat Johnson
  • May 6, 2013
Annasue McCleave from Publishers Weekly suggested during an interview with Claire Messud, “I wouldn’t want to be friends” with Nora, the fiery protagonist in Messud’s new novel, The Woman Upstairs. “[Nora’s] outlook is almost unbearably grim,”…
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David Sedaris Writes Speeches for High Schoolers?

  • Pat Johnson
  • April 26, 2013
As strange as it might sound, according to an article in The Atlantic, American humorist David Sedaris included several vignettes in his new book Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. that…
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E.B White and the Personal Essay

  • Pat Johnson
  • April 25, 2013
Brainpickings recent article “E.B. White on Egoism and the Art of the Essay” highlights and explores several timeless passages from Essays of E.B. White. White states: The essayist is a self-liberated…
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The Knife’s new Album Shaking the Habitual

  • Pat Johnson
  • April 12, 2013
If you haven’t heard The Knife’s new album Shaking the Habitual, we totally recommend giving it a listen. The album experiments with strange organic sounds, sprawling dark ambiance, and playful Swedish…
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