Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels:
--We’re So Famous, (the first and worst review + actor Malcolm McDowell's hilarious reaction to review + praise for + original American cover + British cover + galley cover for 15th anniversary reissue)
--Vernon Downs, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper + alternate trailer + original cover),
--World Gone Water, (praise for + book trailer narrated by Thora Birch + original cover)
--Garden Lakes, (praise for + book trailer narrated by the author + original cover)
and the memoirs:
-- Poor Man’s Gatsby (praise for) published as Bookmarked: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in IG Publishing’s Bookmarked series
--Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle, which is the basis for his microcast, Typical (Anthony Michael Hall promo), available on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and elsewhere.
His Charlie Martens trilogy–Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes–is published in an omnibus by Roundabout Press to celebrate the story collection Minor Characters, (ToC), featuring original stories about the minor characters in the trilogy by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday. The collection features a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg.
Clarke is also the editor of The Last Novel Ever Published, as well as the anthologies Don’t You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton), (ToC) and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.
Under the pseudonym J.D. West, he is the author of the Golden Age detective novel, The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery. (Harold Ober with his wife and Scottie Fitzgerald)
He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston. (Newtonville Books’s 20th anniversary video) (Anniversary video by Mona Awad and Kenneth Calhoun) (Newtonville Books video: “Where do you hold your events?”)
O the Places I've Lived!
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Kalispell, MT
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Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
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Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
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O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Article from Rapid City, S.D. newsmagazine re Miss Kephart’s 5th grade class trip to the courthouse; including photo (+)
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Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
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O the Places I've Lived!
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Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
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Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
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North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
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U.S. Senator Larry Pressler’s newsletter dated December 1983 re article about visiting Mrs. Degner’s 6th grade class + Rapid City Journal article
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Pressler, Larry
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Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
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North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
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Phoenix, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Pete’s Fish and Chips menu + JDC food handler’s card (+)
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Misc. re: Fowler 8th grade trip to Disneyland, including order sheet for Tom Wat products sold to earn money for trip. (+)
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
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Phantasm lyrics for original songs: ‘Too Hot to Handle”; “(You Shoot ‘Em) One by One”; “Close Your Eyes”; “I Can’t Get Over You”; “Touch Me”; “Will You Think of Me?”; “You Want It…You Got It”; “Fade Away”; “When She Says No”; “Painless” (+)
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
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Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
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O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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Phoenix, AZ
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Misc re: Eric Hamelin concert at Tolleson Union High School organized as a sophomore class fundraiser by JDC: program + Hamelin press + JDC admin
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Hamelin, Eric (Liberace’s protégé)
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
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Concert ticket: U2 at Sun Devil Stadium, Sat, Dec 19 & Sun, Dec 20, filming for Rattle and Hum documentary (+)
Phoenix, AZ
U2
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Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis incl cover for Less Than Zero; New York Magazine article on by Elizabeth Wurtzel; Vanity Fair profile of Judd Nelson by; Newsweek review of The Rules of Attraction by David Lehman.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Program for Sunday Service at North Phoenix Baptist Church re: Alice Cooper’s daughter’s baptism (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Cooper, Alice
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Ellis, Bret Easton
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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O the Places I've Lived!
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
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Mormon dance guest pass for Jaime Clarke
Phoenix, AZ
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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Correspondence re volunteering at Children’s Crisis Nursery to fulfill Christian Service requirement at Brophy College Preparatory
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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O the Places I've Lived!
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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Manuscript – “Winners Circle.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-13.
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Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
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Manuscript – “Runaround.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-4.
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Manuscript – “A Girl and Her Dog.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-6.
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Manuscript – “Full Circle.” Novel. Typed, pgs 1-17.
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O the Places I've Lived!
(Fall): 1230 E. Spence Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Manuscript – “Pied Piper of Hate.” Television spec script for 21 Jump Street. First draft dated March 8, 1990. Typed, pgs 1-22.
Early Writing
Correspondence – Stuart M. Kaminsky re JDC spec script for 21 Jump Street
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Early Writing
Misc. re: Bret Easton Ellis incl Publishers Weekly editorial titled “Publisher Responsibility and Bret Easton Ellis” + Publishers Weekly coverage + Newsweek article titled “The Killing of a Gory Novel” + Time Magazine article titled “A Revolting Development” + article by Carol Iannone titled “PC & the Ellis Affair” + Time Magazine short titled, “Sherman McCoy, Where Are You?” + New York Magazine article titled “Psycho Drama” + author bio from Contemporary Authors + Rolling Stone article by BEE re Bennington.
Ellis, Bret Easton
Publishers Weekly
Phoenix, AZ
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Spring: 830 W. 5th Ave., Tempe, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
June: 4236 N. 103rd Ave, #7, Phoenix, AZ
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Summer + Fall: 4236 N. 103rd Ave., #67, Phoenix, AZ
O the Places I've Lived!
Keating, Jr., Charles H.
Arizona State University
Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis including color copy of American Psycho cover + Rolling Stone article about American Psycho + Newsweek article titled “Confessions of a Serial Killer” + Vanity Fair article titled “Children of the Pied Piper” by Norman Mailer + Publishers Weekly article re Vintage edition of American Psycho + New York Times Book Review review of American Psycho by Roger Rosenblatt titled “Snuff This Book! Will Bret Easton Ellis Get Away With Murder?”
Ellis, Bret Easton
Bergin, Josephine
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Manuscript – Garden Lakes screenplay
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Bergin, Josephine
World Gone Water: A Novel
Manuscript – World Gone Water screenplay
World Gone Water: A Novel
Correspondence – Minor Characters, a collection based on minor characters from JDC novels, featuring original stories by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday, with a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg, to be published by Bloomsbury in 2021.
Minor Characters: Stories
Center for Fiction
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Boston Book Festival Program Guide. October 19-20, 2019. (+)
Boston Book Festival
Newtonville Books
Newtonville Books
Hempel, Amy
Newtonville Books
Newtonville Books
Manuscript – Minor Characters, first draft
Minor Characters: Stories
Correspondence – Radio play adaptation of The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery
The Disappearance of Swenson's Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery
Correspondence – Stephanie Duncan leaving Bloomsbury and moving Minor Characters to another publisher
Minor Characters: Stories
Correspondence – Minor Characters re move from Bloomsbury to Roundabout Press
Minor Characters: Stories
JDC contract dated June 17 with Roundabout Press for Minor Characters
Minor Characters: Stories
Correspondence – Minor Characters – Contracts
Minor Characters: Stories
Minor Characters: Stories
Correspondence – Minor Characters – General correspondence
Minor Characters: Stories
Manuscript – Roundabout Press omnibus including Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes – Loose galleys
Vernon Downs: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Manuscript – Minor Characters – Loose galleys
Minor Characters: Stories
Roundabout Press contracts with contributors for Minor Characters; incl Roundabout license with Bloomsbury to reprint Vernon Downs, World Gone Water, and Garden Lakes in omnibus.
Vernon Downs: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Minor Characters: Stories
Minor Characters covers for galley and finished book + correspondence with contributors seeking approval for asterisk cover idea
Minor Characters: Stories
Publishers Marketplace announcement of Minor Characters deal with Roundabout Press, a collection based on minor characters from JDC novels, featuring original stories by Mona Awad, Christopher Boucher, Kenneth Calhoun, Nina de Gramont, Ben Greenman, Annie Hartnett, Owen King, Neil LaBute, J. Robert Lennon, Lauren Mechling, Shelly Oria, Stacey Richter, Joseph Salvatore, Andrea Seigel, and Daniel Torday, with a foreword by Jonathan Lethem, and an introduction by Laura van den Berg.
Awad, Mona
Boucher, Christopher
Calhoun, Kenneth
de Gramont, Nina
Greenman, Ben
Hartnett, Annie
King, Owen
LaBute, Neil
Lennon, J. Robert
Oria, Shelly
Richter, Stacey
Salvatore, Joseph
Seigel, Andrea
Torday, Daniel
Lethem, Jonathan
van den Berg, Laura
Mechling, Lauren
Minor Characters: Stories
Minor Characters: Stories
Boston Globe article entitled “This holiday season, retailers are thinking inside the box” incl mention of Newtonville Books Holiday Care Package program created by Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Newton Tab article entitled “Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors group grows over 3600 members” incl mention of Newtonville Books gift bag program created by Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Literary Hub newsletter featuring “A Way to Beat Mortality” by Shelly Oria from Minor Characters + copy of story published by The Literary Hub
Literary Hub
Oria, Shelly
Minor Characters: Stories
Vernon Downs: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Vernon Downs: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Boston Globe article entitled “These thoughtful, last-minute gifts arrive in an instant, no mailing required” re shopping at Bookshop.org
Newtonville Books
Hausler, Pete
Vernon Downs: A Novel
World Gone Water: A Novel
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Roundabout Press galley letter for Minor Characters
Minor Characters: Stories
Ad campaign on Literary Hub for Minor Characters galley promotion
Hausler, Pete
Literary Hub
Minor Characters: Stories
Perrotta, Tom
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Brooklyn Book Festival
Minor Characters: Stories
Boston Globe article entitled “Umass grad’s site is helping independent bookstores hold their own against Amazon” re Bookshop.org, featuring quote from Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Minor Characters: Stories
Minor Characters: Stories
Boston Globe article entitled “How Mary Cotton found love and a career at Newtonville Books”
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Minor Characters: Stories
“The Chronicler of Obsession: Jaime Clarke’s Minor Characters“ by Laura van den Berg – The Brooklyn Rail
Brooklyn Rail
van den Berg, Laura
Minor Characters: Stories
Lethem, Jonathan
Literary Hub
Minor Characters: Stories
Boston Globe article re Newtonville Books hosting Boston Globe Book Club featuring Things That Grow by Meredith Goldstein
Cotton, Mary
Goldstein, Meredith
Newtonville Books
Cooper, Chris
Birch, Thora
Minor Characters: Stories
Gift agreement with John J. Burns library at Boston College for Post Road Archives
Post Road Magazine
Shelf Awareness newsletter featuring quote from Mary Cotton “The Indie Bookstore as a Very Optimistic Space.”
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Hausler, Pete
Scavengers: A Novel
Hausler, Pete
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories
Publishers Weekly
McDowell, Malcolm
We're So Famous: A Novel
Publishers Weekly
We're So Famous: A Novel
Literary Hub
Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle: A Memoir
Roundabout Press galley letter for Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle by Jaime Clarke/What Was the Question Again? by Charlie Martens
Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle: A Memoir
Boston Globe article entitled “We’re All in This Together: After weathering pandemic, Newtonville Books signs a new 10-year lease.”
Cotton Mary
Newtonville Books
Hall, Anthony Michael
Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle: A Memoir
Jaime Clarke is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MFA from Bennington College. He is the author of the novels We’re So Famous, (praise for), Vernon Downs, (book trailer narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Chris Cooper + praise for), World Gone Water, (book trailer narrated by Thora Birch + praise for), and Garden Lakes, (book trailer narrated by the author + praise for), and the memoir Poor Man’s Gatsby (praise for), published as Bookmarked: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in IG Publishing’s Bookmarked series; editor of the story collection Minor Characters, (sneak peek), and The Last Novel Ever Published, as well as the anthologies Don’t You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes, Conversations with Jonathan Lethem, and Talk Show: On the Couch with Contemporary Writers; and co-editor of the anthologies No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine (with Mary Cotton), and Boston Noir 2: The Classics (with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton). Under the pseudonym J.D. West, he is the author of the Golden Age detective novel The Disappearance of Swenson’s Secretary: A Harold Ober Mystery. He is a founding editor of the literary magazine Post Road, now published at Boston College, and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston.
Awad, Mona
Boucher, Christopher
Calhoun, Kenneth
de Gramont, Nina
Greenman, Ben
Hartnett, Annie
King, Owen
LaBute, Neil
Lennon, J. Robert
Mechling, Lauren
Oria, Shelly
Richter, Stacey
Salvatore, Joseph
Seigel, Andrea
Torday, Daniel
Lethem, Jonathan
van den Berg, Laura
Minor Characters: Stories
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Cotton, Mary
Newtonville Books
Typical of the Times: Growing Up in the Culture of Spectacle: A Memoir
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