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Pat Johnson

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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    Getting the Story Straight

    Ever wonder how the New Yorker gets their facts right? Here’s a hint: it’s not the editor. In an excerpt from The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry, chapter five, “Fact-Checking at…

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    Sinatra of yesterday and today

    One cannot help but hear echoes of Gay Talese’s famous Esquire story, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” in Rumpus contributor Chantel Tattoli’s recent article “Frankly Singing.”  Tattoli writes: “Two weeks ago, I told my father I’d been assigned to report…

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    Have you seen the Everywhere Man?

    Invisible City Audio Tours presents Jim Nelson’s new FREE audio tour: Everywhere Man. Everywhere Man invites Invisible City Tourists to solve a modern mystery while riding San Francisco’s historic cable cars. Tour participants will hear about a stranger haunting millions of…

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