Patrick Rapa
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Patrick Rapa writes about books for eMusic, comedy for Cowbell Magazine and music for Philadelphia City Paper. He lives in Philly with this like giant bug he trapped under a teacup.
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Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Als…
[In which a late-blooming bookworm finally gets to the stuff he really sh… more »
Dick Lehr and Gerard O’…
Some Bostonians used to like to paint James Joseph “Whitey” B… more »
Rilo Kiley, rkives
Rilo Kiley had a Hollywood sort of beginning: Two ex-child actors somehow… more »
Sam Sheridan, The Disaster Di…
Sam Sheridan could have been Batman. The dude is a former wilderness fire… more »
Warren Ellis, Gun Machine…
There’s no easing into Gun Machine — Warren Ellis’s fer… more »
Sufjan Stevens, Silver &…
Brooklyn indie darling Sufjan Stevens will probably never finish his one-… more »
Unwrapping Sufjan’s Chr…
Brooklyn indie darling Sufjan Stevens will probably never finish his one-… more »
Harris Wittels, Humblebrag…
Twitter has made great strides in the field of famous/non-famous-people r… more »
Jean Shepard, A Christmas Sto…
Listening to Jean Shepard’s A Christmas Story is a little like disc… more »
David Sedaris, Holidays on Ic…
Chances are you’ve already heard, or read, “The Santaland Dia… more »
Jesse Bering, Why Is the Peni…
Jesse Bering is sort of the Michael Pollan of boners; he’s read up,… more »
Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I…
As epiphanies go, Ryan Holiday’s came pretty late. By the time the … more »
Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the …
Now a half-century old, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest remains a p… more »
Interview: Ben Fountain
In Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the clock is ticking for the so… more »
David Foster Wallace, Infinit…
If you’re reading Infinite Jest, you’re not fucking around. N… more »
David Foster Wallace, Infinit…
If you’re reading Infinite Jest, you’re not fucking around. N… more »
Augusten Burroughs, This Is H…
Life lessons from a best-selling screw-up Who does Augusten Burroughs thi… more »
Regina Spektor, What We Saw F…
This is not the album where Regina Spektor breaks free of that “qui… more »
Nick Harkaway, Angelmaker…
Humor, intrigue and the secret life of mechanical bees Nick Harkaway is a… more »
Lauren Groff, Arcadia…
A hippie heaven goes to hell All utopias fail (seen one around recently?)… more »
Rachel Maddow, Drift: The Unm…
There’s a sense of fairness to Drift that has won some unexpected h… more »
Baratunde Thurston, How To Be…
An attempt to re-complicate blackness Attention, black people. Lis… more »
Five Great Stephen King Books…
When it comes to turning books into movies, Stephen King is a hall of fam… more »
Tom Mueller, Extra Virginity:…
This is one of those books. You know the type. Maybe you’ve seen th… more »
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eMusic Features
Interview: George Saunders
By Amanda Davidson, eMusic Contributor
George Saunders's newest story, published only as an audiobook and Kindle Single, is told from the point of view of Fox 8, the title character who pens his tale of friendship and loss by way… more »
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