Paul Shirley
Paul's writing career was jump-started by his "Road Ramblings," the blog he wrote while playing for the Phoenix Suns. Since then, he has written for Esquire, Slate, ESPN.com and the Wall Street Journal. His first book, Can I Keep My Jersey? was published by Random House in 2007. He is now the chief editor for FlipCollective and a weekly columnist for the Spanish newspaper El Pais.Contact Paul
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Can I Keep My Jersey?
Paul's Past Work
On May 10, Efrain Rios Montt, former dictator of Guatemala, was found guilty of genocide, making him the first head of state to be convicted of this charge by a court in his own co[...]
When I saw Jerry Lewis’s name trending on Twitter last week, my first thought was, Oh, he must have died. Wait, is he already dead? Whatever, at least we won’t have to deal with th[...]
This is my challenge: I need to tell you about the fifth issue of Cartel, the e-magazine I edit, run, and write for. I need to do this quickly, because if I do not do it quickly, y[...]
21 May 2013
This piece appears in the May 6, 2013 edition of the Spanish daily El Pais. You can read the original (Spanish) version here. When the Washington Wizards’ Jason Collins announced t[...]
First, a big hug-and-thank-you to everyone who read our work during what we deemed Season Four. We were glad to have you reading, and gladder to be writing. Second, as planned, we [...]
08 Apr 2013
“Hey, luv, could you…“ Lorraine trailed off, because of course he couldn’t. Hold the elevator door, that is. She sighed and then tried to take it back, remembering that it was hard[...]
26 Mar 2013
On Tuesday, February 19, I spearheaded the release of the fourth issue of CARTEL, the e-magazine I started in the spring of 2012. This issue, which is easily the best I’ve helped p[...]
26 Feb 2013
I’m standing in a packed venue in Echo Park, watching a band called Kitten, and I am annoyed. I am annoyed because the band in front of me, which consists of an eighteen-year-old g[...]
12 Feb 2013
The sigh comes when she realizes she’s in my way, and I won’t be able to get by unless she takes her eyes off the rows of pasta to move her cart, not a lot, mind you, just enough t[...]
It has become de rigueur to add a caveat to any year-end Top 10 albums list – something akin to, “Now, this isn’t necessarily the best of the year; these are only my favorites of t[...]
15 Jan 2013
I’m hurtling up Doheny when it hits me, when some section of my cortex screams: Do it! “It” defined as jerking the shiny silver automobile I’m driving into the line of cars under t[...]
The following is an excerpt from Paul Shirley’s piece for Cartel III (Fall, 2012), which can be purchased for $2.99 as an Amazon Kindle e-book or as a PDF. *** It’s a story a[...]