• On the latest episode of James J. Patterson’s “Live from the Reading Room” (LFTRR), Patterson discusses searching for literary inspiration in writing.

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  • James J. Patterson sits down with Croatian-born novelist, Branka Cubrilo to talk about her recent geopolitical thriller novel, “Dethroned.” In the course of conversation they touch on feminism in Eastern Europe, the lives of young women, translation, and the merits of different languages for carrying prose.

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  • Recently, James J. Patterson sat down with fellow author, Branka Cubrilo, for her blog. They spoke on Patterson’s most recent novel, Roughnecks, his old band “The Pheromones,” whose style Patterson warmly refers to as “pop-relevant cabaret”, his favorite author, Henry Miller, and many other diverse topics.

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  • A Troglodyte

    Donald Trump has proven to the world what Washingtonians have been experiencing, albeit on a smaller scale, with a local billionaire named Daniel Snyder, for years, that a person being rich guarantees nothing when it comes to having the competence, expertise, and most of all, the ethical infrastructure one needs in order to be an…

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  • From the forthcoming collection Junk Shop Window My father always said that his first memory was of standing on the couch in his parent’s living room, small hands on the back cushion, peering out a picture widow at a neighborhood street in Bend, Oregon. There is a slow-moving line of cars and horse-drawn carriages inching its…

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  • Gabbing With O’Reilly

    Gabbing With O'Reilly

    Gabbing With O’Reilly, at the opening of another NFL training camp, a 42 year season ticket holder looks back one last time at the Redskins and RFK Stadium. First appeared in SportsFan Magazine, Fall, 2000 Featured in Bermuda Shorts by James J. Patterson When O’Reilly was at last awarded his seat at RFK stadium, I…

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