Patrick Joseph Caoile

Patrick Joseph Caoile was born in the Philippines and raised in New Jersey. He is now pursuing a Ph.D. in English with a creative writing concentration at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His previous work can be found in storySouth and great weather for MEDIA.

Content by Patrick Joseph Caoile

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Field Notes,

Writing Alongside Phoebe Bridgers: On Being a Stranger

BY Patrick Joseph Caoile

I don’t know exactly when Phoebe Bridgers came into my life, whether she showed up on my Spotify daily mixes or if I had Shazamed one of her songs at a cafe. I will always associate her music, her lyrics, with the late southern summer and its transition into fall.