Patrick Loafman (Author of Somewhere Upriver)

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Patrick Loafman

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Fiction, Poetry

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Tom Robbins, John Irving, Pablo Neruda ...more

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April 2013

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Patrick Loafman, author of the novel "Somewhere Upriver," is also a wildlife biologist, artist and musician. He has published two chapbooks of poetry, and he edits "The Dandelion Farm Review." He's busy working on a second novel, "Garage Band." ...more

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Interview of Patrick Loafman, author of "Somewhere Upriver"

VIRTUAL WRITER'S INTERVIEW OF PATRICK LOAFMAN

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It鈥檚 about newts and salamanders and their toxins. It鈥檚 a humorous look at what it means to grow up, become mature, or better yet, our refusal to grow up, how we all wish to remain young forever. It鈥檚 also about science and how we glorify scientists, put them on pedestals, when in reality, scientists are normal e Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 30, 2014 13:56 • Tags: author, humorous, interview, novel

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“The author steals a nervous twitch from a redhead on the bus, pads an entire novel around it.”
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“neoteny.”
― Patrick Loafman, Somewhere Upriver

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“The author of "Somewhere Upriver" sometimes shoves a lopsided word into an otherwise balanced sentence, thinking it's a kind of verbal jazz.”
― Patrick Loafman

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“If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?”
― Confucious

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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

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“There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

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“The author of "Somewhere Upriver" sometimes shoves a lopsided word into an otherwise balanced sentence, thinking it's a kind of verbal jazz.”
― Patrick Loafman

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“The author steals a nervous twitch from a redhead on the bus, pads an entire novel around it.”
― Patrick Loafman

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