Troy Patterson is a writer, television critic, and book reviewer.

^{[1] [2] [5]} His specialties include art, entertainment, and culture.

^[9] He is currently a staff writer for *The New Yorker *. ^[1]

Previously, Patterson has been a television critic at Slate and the film critic at Spin.

His "On Clothing" column ran on New York Times Magazine ** from 2015 to 2016.

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Troy Patterson holds a Bachelor's degree in English literature from Princeton University.

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Troy Patterson's career began as a freelancer, writing arts pieces for *Metro Santa Cruz *. ^[5] Since then, he has been a television critic at Slate, the film critic at Spin, and *The New York Times Book Review *. He has also an assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

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In 2016, Patterson began contributing to *The New Yorker *. He joined their team as a staff writer and culture critic in October 2017.

He currently writes online articles about television and culture.

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Troy Patterson has been featured in the *New York Times *, the *Wall Street Journal *, *NPR *, *GQ *, *Men's Vogue *, *Slate *,*Bookforum ,Sports Illustrated *, *Wired *, *W *, *Entertainment Weekly *, and various other publishers.

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