Patrick Anderson Jr.'s Blog, page 15
November 8, 2016
Kanye Dig It: How Mr. West Helped Me Be Comfortable Making People Uncomfortable
The first time I heard Kanye on “Through the Wire,” I thought he was just okay. The beat was tight, but the flow wasn’t really doing it for… Read more "Kanye Dig It: How Mr. West Helped Me Be Comfortable Making People Uncomfortable"
Kanye Dig It: The Yeezy Guide to Life
The first time I heard Kanye on “Through the Wire” I thought he was okay. The beat was tight, but Kanye himself wasn’t really doing it for me.… Read more "Kanye Dig It: The Yeezy Guide to Life"
January 22, 2016
M.I.A.
M.I.A. is a novel in progress. Part one is available below, all feedback welcome. Taking place across a thirty-year span, M.I.A. follows two intertwining storylines that take… Read more "M.I.A."
August 12, 2015
I Have No Right: The Guilty History of a Modern Angry Black Man
“Then it dawned upon me with a certain suddenness that I was different from the others…I had thereafter no desire to tear down that veil, to creep through; I held all beyond it in common contempt, and lived above it in a region of blue sky and great wandering shadows. That sky was bluest when…
May 17, 2015
“Life after the MFA” is just called life
Originally posted on Creative Writing MFA:
Many of us wish there was a step-by-step guide for how to “adult” in a world where you might not feel ready to “adult.” The general guidelines seem to be “acquire job, spouse, family, mortgage, and be generally happy and successful,” but if you’re like me, that doesn’t seem…
Many of us wish there was a step-by-step guide for how to “adult” in a world where you might not feel ready to “adult.” The general guidelines seem to be “acquire job, spouse, family, mortgage, and be generally happy and successful,” but if you’re like me, that doesn’t seem…
April 28, 2015
On Baltimore
I don’t condone violence, especially when there are innocent people being beaten and kicked to the ground, looking up and watching their local small businesses be looted and vandalized. But — while the destruction of the riots is deplorable, and the people who are using this social upheaval for personal benefit should be imprisoned — […]
March 16, 2015
What #BeingBlackMeans to Unicorns
Let me start off by saying that I don’t like being black. I hate it, actually. To paraphrase/shout-out Louis CK (how black of me, huh?), if I could travel back to a point before I was born and choose to be white, I would do it. Every single time...
March 3, 2015
Amazing Grace: Fighting a Lack of Empathy in the Internet Age
Every time I witness a worldwide internet phenomenon growing in size and momentum then digging down deep to anchor itself in the upper echelons of web browser histories across the planet, I’m awed by humanity’s ability in this Age of Social Media to rally around any one thing of moderate interest (i.e. that goddamn dress from […]
December 19, 2014
The U.S. Just Got Punked By North Korea and George Clooney’s the Only One Who Seems to Give a Shit
The first amendment is meant to keep the words and voices and non-violent actions of Americans untainted by outside influence. It's our livelihood, our patio and backyard, a crucial piece of our country's landscape that we maintain and protect and admire, simply for its sheer beauty and accessibility. And we just allowed North Korea to waltz in our house, scream at our frolicking children, and take a shit in our pool (albeit in the shallow end).
October 7, 2014
Definition of a Dysfunctional Human Being
Many of you have noticed the activity on the site lately, the five essays I published over the past two months: “Blurry” “Clutch” “Look” “Represent” “Open” Simple concepts, universal themes that I hoped everybody could relate to while still acknowledging that this is me. Raw. Uncut. Digging beneath the surface to reveal the true self, dealing […]
