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J.R. Patterson’s Biography

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J.R. Patterson was born in Manitoba in 1989 and raised on a beef and grain farm on the Canadian prairies. His experiences as a farm labourer, factory worker, and musician inform much of his writing.

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When not writing, he enjoys flying single-engine planes, paddling his folding kayak, and drinking wine.

J.R. Patterson’s Journalist Portfolio

It's Nice to be Nice

It's Nice to be Nice

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This is Europe's best hiking destination (which you'll never guess)

This is Europe's best hiking destination (which you'll never guess)

It's easy to overlook diminutive Luxembourg, but the new Minett Trail offers walkers quirky places to stay, l…

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The good life: a walk in the park in Congo

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By J.R. Patterson
| Canadian Geographic Verified
“Welcome to the good life,” said safari guide Glance Eloye-Nzoutani, when we met on the Mboko airstrip in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, in northern Republic of the Congo. Everything so far had been the plush side of good — the steady flight in from Brazzaville over uninterrupted foliage, a few Primus beers in the sunshine, followed by a long drive through a primal forest to our opulent camp for the night.
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I Was Seduced By a Sex Witch

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By J.R. Patterson
| Playboy Verified
A scorpion, my ejaculate as garden fertilizer, and a pregnancy test—it's a trip I won't forget. Sex • This story appears in our Summer 2026 issue, on newsstands July 28. Want us to come to your place? Become a member to get digital access to the issue and early access to paywalled content. Fifteen years ago, I took a small room at a shabby hotel in an unremarkable Mexican town. I was 23 and traveling as a way to elude responsibility.
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Ottawa Is Shutting Down Seven Agriculture Labs. Farmers Will Pay the Price

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By J.R. Patterson
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
My grandmother used to tell a rolling personal anecdote about the dirty thirties, the principal beats of which were scarlet fever, grasshoppers, dust storms, and wheat crops full of rust, the fungal disease that wrought destruction on cereal crops across North America in the early half of the twentieth century. Her point was always to drive home the many scientific and agricultural improvements that had accrued over the course of her life.
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