1101 E. Apache Blvd, Tempe, AZ

Manuscript – “A House Divided.” Short Story. Typed. Pgs 1-6.

1402 S. Terrace Rd, Tempe, AZ

Arizona State University Transcript - 1989-1992

Phoenix College Transcript

Manuscript – “Urbana.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-42. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Letter dated April 19, 1993 accepting “A House Divided” for publication in Persona; flyer advertising reading for issue in which the story appeared.

Manuscript – “Crescendo.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-15.

Manuscript – “St. Janice.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-8.

Photocopy of first published story, “A House Divided.’  Persona Magazine. (Undergraduate literary magazine for the University of Arizona)

Persona Magazine – Various related to advertising for submissions and announcing release of issue

Correspondence – Persona co-fiction editor Lavinia Spalding

Correspondence – Denis Johnson (+)

Manuscript – “Waiting for Christie.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-11.

1701 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ

Manuscript – “Urbana.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-18. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Table of Contents for Persona Magazine, fiction edited by JDC and Lavinia Spalding

Manuscript – “A Complete Gentleman.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-34. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Various related to JDC internship at the University of Arizona Press

Manuscript – “Pleasure Island.”  Short story. Typed, pgs 1-20. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – “Shane of Lubbock.” Short story. Typed, pgs 1-16.

Graduate school letter of recommendation by Robert Houston (+)

Graduate school letter of recommendation by Diza Sauers (+)

Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis incl bio info; “Interview with Bret Easton Ellis,” by Mark Amerika and Alexander Laurence; New York Times Book Review review of The Informers written by George Stade; November/December 1994 U Magazine interview with BEE titled “Days of Whining Poseurs,” by Joshua Mann.

Vanity Fair, October 1994. Featuring JDC letter to the editor re article about BEE. Incl card from Vanity Fair acknowledging receipt of JDC letter.

Graduate school letter of recommendation by Jerrold E. Hogle (+)

Esquire Magazine, October 1994 featuring the article “The Case for Bret Easton Ellis,” by Will Blythe.

JDC application to the Bennington College Low-Residency MFA program dated October 11, 1994

Bennington College Low-Residency acceptance letter from Liam Rector dated November 10, 1994; incl welcome packet.

Program for JDC December 22, 1994 graduation from the University of Arizona + U of A Transcript + Estrella Mountain Community College Transcript

December 1994 copy of The BennZine Vortex, the newsletter of the Bennington College MFA program.

Note from Richard Foerster at Chelsea Magazine re consideration of “A Complete Gentleman.” (+)

JDC resume to date

Vanity Fair, August 1994. “Who’s Afraid of Bret Easton Ellis?” by Matthew Tyrnauer

Entertainment Weekly review of The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis. September 16, 1994 issue of Entertainment Weekly featuring JDC letter to the editor re review.

May-June: 4236 N. 103rd Ave., #7, Phoenix, AZ

July-Aug: Kaibab-Huachuca Dorm, Tucson, AZ

Fall: 4236 N. 103rd Ave, #7, Phoenix, AZ

University of Arizona Transcript - 1993-1994; including transcript for Estrella Mountain Community College

Misc re: Bret Easton Ellis including June 1995 Details Magazine profile of Val Kilmer by BEE; May 1995 copy of Manhattan File featuring Glamorama excerpt by BEE; Hotwired interview with BEE; photo of BEE with Candace Bushnell from At Random.

Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis

Airline ticket from Phoenix, AZ to Bennington College

Note from Richard Foerster at Chelsea Magazine dated February 20, 1995 re accepting “A Complete Gentleman” for publication

Postcard advertisement for publication of “A Complete Gentleman” in Chelsea Magazine

Bennington – January 12, 1995 issue of The BennZine Vortex

Bennington – January 9, 1995 issue of The BennZine Vortex

Bennington – Jan-June 1995 faculty/student roster; workshop order

Bennington – Cafeteria menu

Bennington – Handwritten reading list

Bennington College MFA program welcome packet

Bennington – January 1995 residency schedule; incl preliminary schedule and revised schedule

Bennington – June 1995 welcome packet; incl residency schedule

October 20, 1995 letter from Christopher Byrne at Harold Ober Associates re representation (+) (+)

Galleys for “A Complete Gentleman” – Chelsea Magazine, issue 59

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier.”

Manuscript – Bennington – Essay – “Building a Better Character (In 90 Days or Less).”  Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk

Manuscript – Bennington – January 1995 workshop – “Urbana.”  Annotated by Reginald McKnight. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Bennington – June 21, 1995 issue of The BennZine Vortex

Bennington – Handdrawn posters for student reading series

Bennington – June 16, 1995 issue of The BennZine Vortex

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Don DeLillo’s White Noise.”

Manuscript – Bennington – June Workshop – “Pleasure Island.” Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Bennington – June 26, 1995 issue of The BennZine Vortex

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Ethan Canin’s Star Food.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Black Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Center by Amy Hempel.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “I Would Have Saved Them If I Could by Leonard Michaels.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Anton Chekhov’s The Shooting Party.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “David Foster Wallace’s Girl With Curious Hair.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Notes From Underground.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Madison Smartt Bell.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “A Stranger in this World, stories by Kevin Canty.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “U&I by Nicholson Baker.”

Manuscript – Bennington – “Urbana” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – Bennington – ‘Shane of Lubbock” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-16. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk; includes alternate version, typed, pgs 1-3.

Manuscript – Bennington – “Pleasure Island” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-19. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – Bennington – “World Gone Water” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-21. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Airships by Barry Hannah.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino.”

Manuscript – Bennington – “The Vegetable King” – Novel excerpt. Typed, pgs 1-44. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis.”

Manuscript – Bennington – “We’re So Famous” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-8. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “Pricksongs and Descants by Robert Coover.”

JDC Annotation – Bennington – “The Sportswriter by Richard Ford.”

Manuscript – Bennington – “Last” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-2. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

Manuscript – Bennington – “Unsaid” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-7. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

Manuscript – Bennington – “Anerotic” – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-5. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

Manuscript – Bennington – “From Our New York Office” – Short story. Typed, one page.

Manuscript – Bennington – “LoveStory” – Short story.  Typed, pgs 1-19. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk. (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)

Manuscript – Bennington – “Monthly Payments’ – Short story. Typed, pgs 1-11. Annotated by Askold Melnyczuk.

11409 W. Olive Drive, Avondale, AZ

Correspondence – Charles Bock

Correspondence – Amy Hempel

Letter from Chelsea Magazine dated December 6, 1996 re Pushcart nomination for “A Complete Gentleman.”

Correspondence – Douglas Bauer

Correspondence – Fiona McCrae at Graywolf Press

Correspondence – Bret Easton Ellis

Letter from Chelsea Magazine enclosing payment for publication of “A Complete Gentleman” in Chelsea #59; incl color copy of check.

Bennington – January 1996 residency schedule and handout