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(with Dennis Lehane and Mary Cotton).His apprentice work is collected as The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block, and his unpublished novel is called Scavengers.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?”)
Correspondence – Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Letter from Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County acknowledging receipt of donation
We're So Famous: A Novel
Correspondence with Bret Easton Ellis re Garden Lakes
Ellis, Bret Easton
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Melnyczuk, Askold
University of Massachusetts Boston
Correspondence with Justin Manask at Gotler Associates re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Manuscript – Garden Lakes – Novel. Typed, pgs 1-386. Annotated by JDC.
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with Webster Younce at Picador USA re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with Coates Bateman at Nan A. Talese/Doubleday re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
University of Massachusetts Boston
Melnyczuk, Askold
Correspondence with Brendan Cahill at Gotham Books/Penguin Putnam re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with William S. Rose, Jr. re The Rose Literary Agency representing Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Outline for Garden Lakes; incl two disks and various outlining materials.
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Post Road Magazine – Email from Grub Street to Michael Rosovsky re appearing on a panel at the Muse and the Marketplace representing Post Road; incl flyer poster.
Rosovsky, Michael
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Observer piece entitled “Eggers v the establishment” incl mention of Post Road by Rick Moody; incl email exchange with RM about the mention.
Eggers, Dave
Moody, Rick
Post Road Magazine
Welcome packet from the University of Massachusetts at Boston
University of Massachusetts Boston
Melnyczuk, Askold
Irish Examiner article re O What Fun We’ll Have! O the Times! + The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) article + Spanish language newspaper article
Salinger, J.D.
Literary Journey
Poor Man's Gatsby: A Memoir
Post Road Magazine – Email exchanges with Mike Neff re Post Road and Web del Sol; incl Poets & Writers article on Web del Sol with mention of Post Road.
Post Road Magazine
Salinger, J.D.
Literary Journey
Poor Man's Gatsby: A Memoir
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Ricco Siasoco, David Ryan, and Cat Parnell re the Post Road website
Post Road Magazine
University of Massachusetts Boston
Melnyczuk, Askold
Rosovsky, Michael
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Kristina Lucenko re Rick Barthelme assigning Post Road in his class at Univ of Mississippi
Barthelme, Frederick
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange between Cat Parnell and Randi Triant re Testa Horowitz and Thieboult taking on Post Road as a pro bono client re becoming a 501c(3)
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Aaron Welborn, managing editor of Black Warrior Review praising Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange between JDC and Cat Parnell re Post Road’s FTP site
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Ricco Siasoco re creation of email addresses for Post Road editors
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange between JDC and Cat Parnell and editors re Cat’s leaving the magazine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email re Askold Melnyczuk’s invitation to Cat Parnell to attend panel at UMass Boston
Melnyczuk, Askold
University of Massachusetts Boston
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from JDC to Cat Parnell re change in copyediting procedure
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to JDC from Askold Melnyczuk forwarded through Harold Ober re AM acknowledgement in Post Road 6
Melnyczuk, Askold
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Josephine Bergin re Post Road 7 production schedule
Bergin, Josephine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Hillary Chute from Post Road contributor Eric Tyrone McLeod thanking her for editing his piece “Selling Out: Consumer Culture and Commodification of the Male Body” for length for Post Road
Chute, Hillary
McLeod, Eric Tyrone
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Robert Lopez re being contacted by an agent via his story “Scar” in Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Victoria Clausi re a Post Road event at the 10th anniversary residency; incl July 31 email from Liam Rector, Priscilla Hodgkins, and Victoria about the 10th anniversary of the program.
Rector, Liam
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Pete Hausler re finding Post Road in the Union Square Barnes and Noble in NYC
Hausler, Pete
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Robert Atwan, series editor for Best American Essays, re “The Shack of Art and Healing” by Oona Hyla Patrick being listed as a Notable Essay of 2003; incl Atwan’s invitation for Pete Hausler to represent Post Road at the Blue Hills Writing Institute.
Hausler, Pete
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Various email exchanges with fiction and poetry and nonfiction editors re instituting electronic submissions
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from JDC to editors announcing Josephine Bergin as Etcetera editor, replacing JDC
Bergin, Josephine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – October 2003 invitation from Pushcart Press to nominate pieces from Post Road; incl Post Road’s nominations: “Animal Hater” by Samuel Ligon, “Since It’s You” by Peter Brown, “Selling Out: Consumer Culture and Commodification of the Male Body” by Eric Tyrone McLeod, “The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea” by Larry O’Connor, “Self Portrait” by Tracy K. Smith, and “A Confederacy” by David Daniel.
Pushcart Prize
McLeod, Eric Tyrone
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email with updated editor contact info, incl Marcus McGraw as nonfiction editor.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Denis Woychuk, owner of KGB Bar in NYC, re a proposed merger between Post Road and KGB; incl corr re the Post Road party on Dec 11 to celebrate the release of Post Road 7.
KGB Bar
Post Road Magazine
KGB Bar
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Grub Street re Mike Rosovsky appearing in their master fiction class on Post Road’s behalf
Rosovsky, Michael
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – JDC email to Alden Jones re Post Road honors and contributors to date
Jones, Alden
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Joanna Yas, editor of Open City Magazine, re a joint Post Road/Open City event in Boston and New York
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – re Cheryl Reed as Post Road managing editor (Sept-Nov)
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Brian Kimberling re Post Road’s inclusion in The Writer’s Directory of Short Fiction and Poetry Publications
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Lizard Watch, newsletter for Newtonville Books, mentioning the Oct 18 party at The Attic in Newton Centre to celebrate the release of Post Road 7.
Post Road Magazine
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – Postcard for independent bookstores for inclusion in a complimentary copy of Post Road 7, distributed by Booksense.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Vincent Standley at 3rd Bed re a joint Post Road/3rd Bed event
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Jennifer White at Bennington to JDC and Mike Rosovsky re an interview for a piece on the 10th anniversary of the MFA program for the alumni magazine; incl copy of finished article published Spring/Summer 2004.
Rosovsky, Michael
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from McSweeney’s re a request to Dave Eggers for a recommendation
Eggers, Dave
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Josephine Bergin re production of Post Road 8 and Mary Cotton stepping in for Cheryl Reed as managing editor
Cotton, Mary
Bergin, Josephine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to Jeff Marshall at The Paradise re a multi-lit mag party
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email from Tom Perrotta re “Twenty Questions” for Post Road
Perrotta, Tom
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Victoria Clausi at Bennington re Post Road’s search for a new managing editor
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with Brother Tom Murphy re using his index of The Great Gatsby in the Etcetera section of Post Road 6
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Updated Editor Contact Info, including addition of Mary Cotton
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email exchange with B. Lee Hope re Post Road panel at Stonecoast MFA program, with Mike Rosovsky; incl panel outline.
Rosovsky, Michael
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email to David Ryan and Sue Breen and Hillary Chute re Post Road meeting at AWP Baltimore, including agenda.
Chute, Hillary
Breen, Susan
Ryan, David
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence with Testa Horowitz and Thieboult re Post Road’s 501c(3) application
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Feb 2003 copy of Harper’s Magazine featuring “Behold the Couch” by Will Eno, reprinted from Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Various correspondence re Recommendations for Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Email correspondence with Hignell re the printing of Post Road
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Letter to Tim Huggins from Barry Gifford re Post Road
Gifford, Barry
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Copy of Post Road’s application to the IRS for 501c(3) status
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Fax exchange with Ed Kane’s Water Taxi in Baltimore re JDC’s request to hire a ferry for the Post Road party at AWP
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Lizard Watch, newsletter for Newtonville Books, re Associated Writing Program conference in Baltimore
Post Road Magazine
Newtonville Books
Post Road Magazine – Letter from Edward Hoagland re Post Road party
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Various procedural emails for Mary Cotton re Post Road production
Cotton, Mary
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Correspondence re Post Road’s Board of Directors
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine – Ingram Periodicals order for Post Road; Bernhard DeBoer distribution list.
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine
Post Road Magazine
July-Aug: 3343 Sterne St., San Diego, CA
O the Places I've Lived!
Sept-Oct: 79 Morse St., Watertown, MA
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Email from Ken Tucker at Entertainment Weekly soliciting comment re J.D. Salinger (+)
Salinger, J.D.
Correspondence with Ryan Harbage at Simon & Schuster re proposal for oral history of the films of John Hughes
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Correspondence with Justin Manask re proposal for television series based on We’re So Famous
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bennington – Correspondence with Victoria Clausi and Cat Parnell re 10th Anniversary and Post Road
Bennington College
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with Tamar Brazis re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with Jim Schiff at Time Warner Books re Scavengers
Literary Journey
Scavengers: A Novel
Bennington College
Bloomsbury – Manuscript – We’re So Famous – Screenplay. Typed, pgs 1-86
We're So Famous: A Novel
Correspondence with Tom Perrotta re We’re So Famous screenplay
Perrotta, Tom
We're So Famous: A Novel
Correspondence with Bret Easton Ellis re Garden Lakes
Ellis, Bret Easton
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with Tom Perrotta re “Twenty Questions” feature for Post Road
Perrotta, Tom
Post Road Magazine
Correspondence with Brooke Ehrlich at Rabineau Wachter re We’re So Famous screenplay
We're So Famous: A Novel
Perrotta, Tom
Emerson College – Contract to teach Advanced Creative Writing, Spring 2004
Emerson College
Correspondence with Denise Flaim at New York Newsday re Dale Peck article
Publishers Weekly
We're So Famous: A Novel
Bloomsbury – Correspondence with Panagiotis Gianopoulos re Garden Lakes
Garden Lakes: A Novel
Correspondence with Ryan Harbage re oral history of the films of John Hughes
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
Research material for short story “Big Noise” by JDC (Collected in The Last Lemonade Stand on the Block: Stories by JDC.)
Literary Journey
Correspondence re oral history of films of John Hughes
Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes
O the Places I've Lived!
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
O the Places I've Lived!
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Elrod Elementary – Kalispell, MT
Early Years
Kalispell, MT
Early Years
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 (+)
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Early Writing
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
Early Years
Rapid City, SD
Knollwood Heights Elementary School – Rapid City, SD
Early Years
Early Writing
Rapid City, SD
North Junior High School - Rapid City, SD
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Adolescence
Early Years
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Pete’s Fish and Chips menu + JDC food handler’s card (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Misc. re: Fowler 8th grade trip to Disneyland, including order sheet for Tom Wat products sold to earn money for trip. (+)
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
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)
Adolescence
Early Writing
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phantasm (air band)
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Fowler Elementary School – Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Adolescence
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
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
Adolescence
Concert ticket: U2 at Sun Devil Stadium, Sat, Dec 19 & Sun, Dec 20, filming for Rattle and Hum documentary (+)
Phoenix, AZ
U2
Adolescence
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
Adolescence
Ellis, Bret Easton
Phoenix, AZ
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Tolleson Union High School – Tolleson, AZ
Adolescence
Mormon dance guest pass for Jaime Clarke
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Correspondence re volunteering at Children’s Crisis Nursery to fulfill Christian Service requirement at Brophy College Preparatory
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
O the Places I've Lived!
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Winners Circle.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-13.
Early Writing
Early Writing
Phoenix, AZ
Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, AZ
Adolescence
Manuscript – “Runaround.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-4.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “A Girl and Her Dog.” Short Story. Typed, pgs 1-6.
Early Writing
Manuscript – “Full Circle.” Novel. Typed, pgs 1-17.
Early Writing
Early Writing
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
O the Places I've Lived!
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