BIO
Paul Foster was born and raised in rural New Hampshire and is a dual Canadian-American citizen. As a result, he is well-versed in both the poetry of Robert Frost * and the finer points of crokinole.
He received a degree in cinema from Ithaca College and has worked as a script reader, apple orchard laborer, television cameraperson, standardized test scorer, film projectionist, technical support rep, copywriter, barista, and in various roles at an amusement park. That last one will never be topped.
He has volunteered as an audio transcriptionist for “The Oral History of Homelessness” project, a judge for the Portland Children’s Film Festival, and as a columnist for a community newspaper.
Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted him working as an extra in film and TV, or seen one of his short films. A selection of his writing appears below, and of his photography HERE.
Give him a cloudy day, a handwritten letter, and a coffee and he’s happy.
* His favorite is “The Onset.” What’s yours?
WORK
New Clothes
from Pencil Revolution, Issue 20
Letters to a Young Poet: An Addendum
from Revolver
Off to Nowhere
a commissioned short film script
A Christmas Idle
from The Bollard
“Yes, This is Ray. Bradbury.”
from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
The Eleventh Summer of Theo Loudermilk
from Paper Darts
Dear Click & Clack
as read on NPR’s Car Talk
