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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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When Fiction becomes Life

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 20, 2012
Mark O’Connell tells a fascinating story in The Millions about his encounter with a recently released murderer, Malcolm MacArthur. O’Connell grew up hearing and reading stories about MacArthur murders, but his…
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Last Night On Earth

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 19, 2012
A San Diego-based arts collective, So Say We All, called for submissions based on the prompt: “Tonight, the world will end. Everything you love will cease to exist. How do…
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Wayne Coyne’s Human Head-Shaped Tumor Radio Show

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 16, 2012
Next week, on November 24 and 25, at 5pm, KCRW will be broadcasting (and streaming on KCRW.com) a radio show created by our pal Rickard Parks. The show was first…
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“When My Husband Came Out as a Woman”

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 12, 2012
Feminist theorist Judith Butler criticizes gender as something culturally constructed while “sex is just as culturally constructed as gender.” According to Butler, the distinction between sex and gender turns out…
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Have you heard of The Rolling Jubilee?

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 9, 2012
Occupy, once again, has devised a clever way of thwarting Wall Street. The Rolling Jubilee is an organization created to “free debtors from their debt” and claims: “We buy debt for pennies…
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Philip Roth Calls it Quits

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 9, 2012
In a recent interview with a French magazine, prolific novelist Philip Roth claims his 2010 novel, Nemesis, will be his last. In fact, Roth claims he is even done reading. Roth says: “And…
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Election 2012: curious what NPR looks like behind the scenes?

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 7, 2012
Last night, Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton went behind the scenes with NPR to create “live illustrations” of their election coverage. Check out some of Wendy’s NPR illustrations at “Election 2012:…
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Improve your prose with Math

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 5, 2012
Alright fiction writers, put down your pens for a moment and let’s talk math. If you recoil when hearing the “M-word” or brace your index fingers into a cross at…
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Amazon bans Authors from posting book Reviews

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 2, 2012
If you’re an author on Amazon, your days of posting book reviews may have come to an end. Amazon’s new book review policy classifies Amazon authors as competitors, and competitors…
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Prop 34: The fate of the Death Penalty

  • Pat Johnson
  • November 2, 2012
The United States is one of only four industrialized democracies that still practice capital punishment. This upcoming election, Prop 34 will determine the fate of the death penalty in California. Alexandra…
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A Lifetime of Literature

  • Pat Johnson
  • October 30, 2012
Joe Queenan reads books. Lots of books. In fact, he surrounds himself with them (1,340 lay about his house to be exact). Queenan reads at least four hours a day…
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Is Facebook’s new “feature” extorting small organizations?

  • Pat Johnson
  • October 26, 2012
Many businesses recently noticed that although their reported “likes” may have increased, only a portion of their posts were actually reaching their followers. Now, in order for organizations to reach…
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