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.
A selection of his writing appears below. From time to time, he also messes around with cameras and glue sticks.
Give him a cloudy day, a handwritten letter, and a coffee and he’s happy.
* His favorite is “The Onset.” What’s yours?
WORK
The Life Cycle of a Ten-Speed
for my father
The Haunting Sounds of Christmas
a holiday rom-com script
New Clothes
from Pencil Revolution, Issue 20
Letters to a Young Poet: An Addendum
from Revolver
Off to Nowhere
a 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
