May 2012
6 posts
Compression: Chad Patton | Matter Press →
Some things that I said.
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And... Another Short Story Posted Today →
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New Issue of Specter Magazine: May, 2012
spectercollective:
Issue Nine: May, 2012
New work by Elijah Burrell, Shawn Maddey, Ashley Farmer, Julia Whicker, Nathaniel Tower, Chad Patton, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Tim Candler, Sedrick Miles, and Jonathan Silva.
Book reviews of Elizabeth Ellen’s Fast Machine and Amelia Gray’s Threats.
April 2012
2 posts
“Every time I read that someone has spoken badly of me I begin to cry, I drag...”
– -Roberto Bolaño
(via thecoffinfactory)
March 2012
9 posts
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The Paper Clip
There are times when I’m writing, and I’m nearing a landmark word count - 40,000 words, 80,000 words - or, as it is now, I’m nearing a landmark for me in the short amount of time I’ve been working on my project; I feel like the paper clip should show up and tell me, “great job, Chad, you’re almost there.”
But the androgynous office tool never does.
I...
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My Column on The Year of Magical Thinking →
I’m now a monthly contributor to Construction.
To answer your question from a while ago, Celia, I have yet to read Blue Nights. It is definitely on my list, though.
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Unstuck Magazine Fiction Contest →
I never put this on here, but I should for posterity and other purposes. I’m somewhere on that website and I wrote a story about a guy who makes love to his books. Interestingly enough, my mother enjoyed it.
Thinking About Union
Lately I’ve been thinking about my past teaching experience and, more than anything, telling people the inimitable stories I’ve collected from working there.
My favorite story has to do with a young girl - a senior at the time - who walked out of my classroom after telling me “I don’t do what the white man tells me.” The first thing I thought was that I had, luckily,...
February 2012
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January 2012
3 posts
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A Fitting Present
“Goddamn,” he said to me as he closed the book. “Don’t ever tell me again you can’t write. That’s my birthday present to you.”
-Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking
Recently I read The Year of Magical Thinking. Lately I’ve been on a reading binge with the rule that I have to read as many books by female authors as I read books by male authors. Not that I think that Joan Didion, Joyce...
November 2011
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The epitome of Jennifer Egan's Success
”Oh, man. Pun intended. Jonathan Franzen and the boys’ club that backed him, on one side; Jennifer Egan, who published part of Goon Squad in an “anti-chick lit” anthology, on the other. It’s like Sophie’s Choice, if Sophie hated both her kids. Worse, neither book was any fun. Freedom’s characters range from loathsome to despicable, with the author’s contempt dripping from every sentence....
September 2011
1 post
Reader's ADD
Lately the book of short stories has become popular. Many people believe this is so because the world has some sort of ADD epidemic.
For my plan as a writer, I have decided to cater to a future demographic of people with ADHD and write a short story of flash fiction.
You’re welcome, reading community.
April 2011
4 posts
Rei Berroa →
Is it awkward that I googled this man while I was sitting next to him?
Easter Tips →
Can’t figure out what to do this Easter? Take a seat. McSweeneys has this for you.
March 2011
3 posts
Childish Gambino EP →
If you don’t have this yet, then you need to get it.
February 2011
3 posts
Bioshock Movie Falls Out →
It is a shame that MPAA has to turn what could have been a great movie out of a great game into butterflies and petunias. People shoot up in this game. Little girls steal peoples’ souls. HOW CAN THAT BE PG-13!?
What Makes Iago Evil?
For some reason this quote from Didion’s Play it as it Lays reminds me of my roommate. Could it be that he rehearsed one of Iago’s monologues in a Shakespeare class with him…?
Yeah. That’s probably it, actually.
Nonetheless, I am reading this fantastic novel right now. I can’t help loving Maria in the same sense that I loved Patty Berglund. What makes Iago so...
January 2011
2 posts
Watchsarahschneider:
True Grit With Subtitles: This was all I kept thinking during the movie (besides holy crap this is beautiful), so I made it into a little video!
Could not stop laughing.
December 2010
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November 2010
5 posts
Thanksgiving Reads
Cuento Contigo 2 by Carmen Posadas and Gustavo Martin Garzo
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal by JK Rowling
El ultimo refugio by Roberto Innocenti
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordin (Author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Don’t worry, my kiddies. Pretty soon I’ll be speaking your language.
WatchAndrew Bird at TED.
WatchI hate myself on camera, but John did a great job documenting mine and my class’ trip to Nicaragua during Spring Break of 2010.
“You know what I noticed on Fox News? They’re calling her Governor Palin. ...”
– Tina Fey
Urban Outfitters Has a New Product →
Sometimes I like to look at Urban Outfitters’ and American Apparel’s websites just to see what’s wrong with the world.
October 2010
7 posts
“So yeah I know I’m still afraid/ Of letting go of choices I have made.”
– Sufjan Stevens
Adam
Babe Ruth is to calling the direction of his hits as Chad Patton is to winning the New Yorker caption contest this week.
(It’s so good, I can’t even post it on the interwebs)
