Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan is the author of Send Me, Saints of Augustine, In Mike We Trust and Gemini Bites. His work has been included in The Best American Short Stories 2006, Tin House, The Yale Review and elsewhere. He lives in New York City.
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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Grand Mal
Patrick Ryan
‘And this is what very few novels or movies have ever gotten right about amnesia: it’s not exotic; it’s horrific and sad-making. I was sad because I had no story.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Not Easy to Tell
Patrick Ryan
‘I told him he looked like an assassin in an Elmore Leonard novel, and he smiled.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Madison, Mon Amour
Patrick Ryan
‘I left the office just in time to get to Penn Station, find my track and hop onto my train. We pulled out into an afternoon grey and heavy with rain.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
The End of the Discussion
Patrick Ryan
‘I just never thought I’d see the day when Amtrak would start poisoning people.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Utterly Dylan
Patrick Ryan
‘I became mad and political and ironical almost overnight, and I started to feed on folk music.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
On holiday with James Lord
Patrick Ryan
‘We talked about the snails in the yard that clung dying to the reeds of grass. At 5.05 he looked at his watch again. ‘Where’s the champagne?’’