Patrick Sauer
Writer of stuff. Just ask.
Originally from Billings Montana, Patrick Sauer is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. patrickjsauer@mac.com
PROJECTS
The Village Voice
The School Battle That Launched Cynthia Nixon’s Political Career
Nearly twenty years ago, on what was already a nerve-racking first day of school, parents of kindergartners attending P.S. 163, a dual-language English-Spanish elementary school on West 97th Street, found a classroom full of glaring safety issues...
Esquire
Chris Hayes Book 'A Colony in a Nation' Explores How Law and ...
Went back to the Bronx with Chris Hayes to eat eggs and talk policing.
sports.vice.com
Grant Hill Q&A:
The former Duke star, and newly-minted Hall-of-Famer, talked about famous dunks, why everyone hates Duke, and what it's like boozing with Bill Raftery.
50 States of Blue
One writer’s part in the online mass shooting ritual
Normally, making any list is good for the writerly ego, but this story however, has reached the popularity pinnacle on more than one occasion and I’d just as soon never see it again.
The New York Times
The Truth Behind ‘A Bright Shining Lie’
More than 58,000 United States soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but in the world of letters, the death of a single American civilian came to represent the entire jungle quagmire.
The New York Times
Country Joe’s Obscene Truths
It was time for the second act on the second day of a 1969 music festival in upstate New York, but the band, Santana, was having trouble getting it together. So the M.C. asked a performer hanging around backstage to go out and kill a little time...
Smithsonian Magazine
Hidden in a Basement for 70 Years, Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on Jewish Life and Culture Before WWII
An incredible story of heroism in the face of horror.
sports.vice.com
How Dr. J and Larry Bird Helped Build a Video Game Empire - VICE ...
EA Sports owes a huge debt to the NBA legends, and the Commodore 64.
Frommer's
Bullets Travel at 1,700 Miles Per Hour. These Stunning Images Capture What Happens After Impact.
Constructing art out of destruction...
RSI Magazine
What the Hell Happened to the Brooklyn Tennis Castle? (Racquet Magazine)
There once was a magical African-American owned tennis joint (with green clay courts!) right in the heart of Kings County. Tupac, Biggie, and Al Sharpton were there, where were you?
Frommer's
The True Story Behind Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Her Mixed-Up Files
Smithsonian
The true story of a kid's lit classic.
GQ
Gary Sheffield Talks About the Dwindling Number of Black Players in MLB and Kneeling for the National Anthem
An honest conversation with one of baseball's most outspoken personalities.
Smithsonian Magazine
How Winnie-the-Pooh Became a Household Name
In the main branch of the New York Public Library, there lives a group of wild animals that call the children’s section home. Together, in one cage, are a young pig, a donkey, a tiger, a kangaroo, and a bear known the world over as Winnie-the-Pooh...
The New York Times
Out of the Woods
Gen-X parents seem to have forgotten a lot of what went on in the woods.